From the Bronze age to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, the discovery and development of new materials has been a driving force in human history.

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As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

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Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

During the Early Bronze Age, the Southern Levant's inability to support mass sheep herding left the region lagging behind ...

Bahata Ansumali (in pic), a software technologist turned researcher, was in town recently for the Kolkata Literary Meet.

Are these ancient symbols complete words, part of words, or part of sentences? The solution will earn the successful ...