Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 bc)De re rusticaVenice, 1514The idea that certain diseases were caused by minute living creatures invisible to the human eye goes back more than 2,000 years. The Roman scholar Marcus Varro was director of the imperial library…

Cultural norms, complex religious influences and friendly police officers make losing something no big deal. But does this tell the whole story about Japan’s relationship with honesty?

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human and animal disease; plague involving the lymphatic system

Death rates have dropped during past economic downturns, even as many health trends have worsened. Researchers are scrambling to decipher lessons before the next big recession.

Archaeological and textual detective work is filling in some information about how ancient Romans used and thought about their sewers thousands of years ago.

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terrorist attack at Glasgow aiport

German officer, commentator, and German Resistance fighter

terrorist attack at Glasgow aiport

Does this puppet look familiar? Remind you of anyone you know? Does he bear a striking resemblance to a famous frog? This is one of Jim Henson's earliest creations, before Muppets fame. Part of the

Bacteriophages (phages), natural predators of bacteria, are becoming increasingly attractive in medical and pharmaceutical applications. After their discovery almost a century ago, they have been par...

Tuesday 27 January is the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz. Six survivors, some of whom will be returning to the site for the last time, tell Kate Connolly their stories

A woman has been convicted of murdering her husband after his last words were apparently repeated by the pet parrot who witnessed the attack. Glenna Duram, 49, shot Martin Duram, 46, five times

Ninety years ago, in October 1927, Warner Bros was facing ruin. It staked its future on a film called The Jazz Singer – and turned an entire industry upside down

Is economic disparity only ever reduced by war, revolution and catastrophe? Paul Mason is more optimistic: the world can change

British actress, singer, author, theatre director, and dancer

Vets in China have shown a pair of pandas pornography, in an attempt to get them to mate.

Smell is chemistry, and the chemistry of old books gives your cherished tomes their scent

St. Louis Health Commissioner during the 1918-1920 flu pandemic