Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

Although many researchers assume that birthday celebrations date back to the ancient Egyptians, the earliest textual evidence of a birthday party proves these annual events are much older.

But the nature of the story, and the threat the world faced in the film, raises a pretty big question about the current state of the MCU: who’s even left to defend Earth? Not every MCU superhero ...

New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

Planet demographics reveal a puzzling lack of worlds in a certain size range throughout the galaxy F or centuries our solar ...

For thousands of years, spoken language has set humans apart from all other species. The ability to convey complex ideas, ...

Pompeii only came under Roman control around 160 years before its destruction – and its traffic-worn streets show how the ...

This is not a drill. There is a chance - albeit a small one - that an asteroid could hit planet Earth within the next decade. The 2024 YR4 asteroid set off automated asteroid warning systems after ...

A new look at fossils from the Cambrian Period around 500 million years ago has revealed that some of the earliest animals ...

In April, an exhibition will showcase some 100 'miraculously saved' artifacts that have been stored in Geneva since 2007.

Pluto may not be a planet any more, but you still have a chance to see the distant dwarf planet at one of Michigan's ...