How much do you know about the place where you spend one-third of your life?Born, loved, sick, and died—no one has ever ...

Fear in the San Basilio neighborhood of Rome, where a paper bomb exploded overnight in the courtyard of a condominium, causing no injuries. It was 2:15 AM when the report of the device's explosion ...

Explore the often misunderstood hygiene practices of the Middle Ages. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone was ...

Popular culture often portrays the Middle Ages as an era of constant filth, but the reality was more nuanced. Medieval towns ...

The journalist Evan Gershkovich details the delicate rapport he developed with his cellmate at Moscow’s Lefortovo prison.

Sheeppox affected European sheep herds for centuries in the medieval period – but they weren’t the oldest viral genomes we ...

How far would you go to feel beautiful? If you were a woman in the Middle Ages, you might be will to douse yourself in hedgehog oil.

Animal skins used to make historic manuscripts have revealed the 3,500-year history of the sheep pox virus (SPPV). By recovering viral DNA from parchment, researchers traced the pathogen across Bronze ...

Life Extension reports that midlife can be a time for a "reset" rather than a crisis, emphasizing the adoption of healthy ...

In 1386, an elderly Devon landowner had a compelling reason for being excused a journey to give evidence in court. He was Sir John Sully, and according to the account highlighted by historian Dr Ian ...

A new analysis of teeth and parchment suggests that the devastating sheep pox virus has been infecting livestock for 3,700 years ...

Migrations of many organisms, including humans, are often constrained by geography. Ning et al. sequenced ancient DNA from 135 Bronze Age and Iron Age individuals across 11 archeological sites located ...