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Ancient Sparta was located in a region known as Laconia in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese. Even today, the allure of…

Ancient bones can return a wealth of information to the modern researcher. But they can’t ever truly reveal the dead’s lost humanity.…

New technologies and innovations linked to old ones are unlocking scientific mysteries in ways never thought possible. These revolutionary new techniques are…

Mafia. Cosa nostra. The octopus. The plague. So many names and euphemisms are used to describe that terrible criminal organization that has…

Mummies are often associated with ancient Egyptians even though they were not the only culture that mummified dead humans and animals. The…

The ancient Greeks are renowned today for their advanced thinking. We’ve all heard of Aristotle and Socrates, and the writings of the…

The world of medicine is constantly advancing, bringing new hope with each breakthrough. Over the next decade, a handful of medications are…

We look at skyscrapers and dams and see them as pinnacles of human engineering, content in the fact we can build whatever…

About 100 years ago, our galaxy was thought to encompass the entire universe. A century later, we’re observing things more than 13…

Compared to many other species, all humans have incredibly similar genomes. However, even slight variations in our genes or environments can cause…