Pets were not a modern invention, and medieval people formed deep emotional bonds with animals centuries ago. Dogs guarded, ...

When we think about cutting-edge technology, we usually picture Silicon Valley startups or futuristic labs. But here's the ...

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When we think of sugar these days, it's likely in a bag or box of granules; however, in the medieval period, people used it ...

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Rather than treating the Grail as a single object, the series explores how the idea itself has evolved over the ...

Watching their young daughter invent fairytale worlds around fallen leaves, parents-turned-founders Eva Hu and Sam Chan set out to lure kids off couches and into nature with a tool that rewards ...

Even though 43% of Americans participate in recycling programs, more than three-quarters of their refuse ends up in the trash. “People are lazy—the recycling bin gets full and they put it in their ...

Although you might have pegged Valentine's Day as just an invention of the greeting card industry, it actually dates back to ...

The Bhimbetka site, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, captures the continuous presence of human life from the Lower Palaeolithic Age, roughly 100,000 years ago, to the Medieval period.

Bliss, a Ph.D. student at UC Berkeley, typically gets up at 6 a.m. to make the drive to rural Lake County, where she’s ...