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The seal mixes medieval craftsmanship with Roman-era ornamentation, merging two time periods in one design.

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When young stars mix with neutron stars, things get messy.

This moment of revelation is common to many people who don’t form mental images. They report that they might never have ...

Conceptual artists are using performance to create unsettling and thought-provoking experiences, often involving the viewer ...

Over centuries, artists and censors have employed the humble fig leaf to cover the penis – including on Michelangelo’s ...

Don't be fooled by a graph. New research shows that a scientist's policy preferences can influence their results. Look past the model and find the ground truth.

A new study suggests humans can sense hidden objects without touching them, by detecting faint movements in sand. This unexpected form of “remote touch” challenges traditional ideas about how the ...

The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

The decision will allow the Army Corps to review and consider economic and environmental concerns raised by the public and several local governments.

A team of astronomers based at the European Space Agency demonstrated how artificial intelligence technology will alter existing methods of locating rare astronomical phenomena within our galaxy, the ...