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Key Takeaways on the British Royal Regalia

• The British Royal Regalia signifies power and legitimacy of rulers. Worn at coronation ceremonies, the British Crown Jewels includes more than 100 items, like the ruby-embellished crowns and a scepter…

In the 1950s, an American anthropologist, Ralph Solecki, discovered the remains of 10 Neanderthals in a cave in Iraqi Kurdistan.  

Solecki thought that some of these cave burials were accidental, and it appeared that some had died from falling…

Scientists at ETH Zurich have developed a new kind of material that doesn’t just sit there. It actually lives, grows, and pulls carbon dioxide straight from the air. This living material was designed in collaboration across biology,…

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci’s famous…

Scientists have identified specific brain cells which respond most to exercise, an advance…

Archaeologists have reconstructed the face of a Stone Age Belgian woman and found that she…

We know that the world and its various inhabitants, from plants to animals, are still evolving. In fact, some even believe that humans are actively evolving in different parts of the world right now. But a group of plants found in the…

We’ve long known that some animals depend on the Sun to navigate the world. However, new research may have uncovered the first insect we know of that does the same using the stars and night sky. The stars have long been a navigational…

Negative-calorie or zero-calorie foods are controversial despite their popularity on diet websites. The idea is that our bodies use as much (or more) energy to digest a chosen fruit or vegetable as the energy it provides.

But there’s no…