In medieval Spain, conflict didn’t stop cooperation — it created opportunity. Christian scholars from across Europe traveled to cities like Toledo and Barcelona to work with Muslim and Jewish ...

When considering ancient Greek innovations, we often think of philosophy, mathematics, and architecture—not bakeries or ovens, right?

While snakes and ladders is purely a game of chance, there is a way to add some strategy, says mathematician Peter Rowlett ...

A team of researchers studying the uncertainties associated with a phenomenon known as cosmic birefringence has developed a method to reduce uncertainties in its observational measurements, according ...

COMMENTARY: Amid rapid advances in artificial intelligence, the Vatican’s 2025 note ‘Antiqua et Nova’ draws a clear ...

X-ray scans recover an ancient Greek star map beneath a medieval text, revealing Aquarius clues and Hipparchus-linked ...

UNESCO, in collaboration with Chinese National Commission for UNESCO and the China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) ，commemorates the 1800th birth anniversary of renowned Chinese ...

Repeated flower designs on ancient pottery hint that early village life relied on counting and shared ideas way before math ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

Researchers have engineered a time capsule for cells, capable of collecting and storing messenger RNA (mRNA), the molecular product of gene transcription. These ‘TimeVaults’ are made by modifying ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...