Microsoft surprises MS-DOS fans with remake of ancient text editor that works on Linux It's funny how useful a 34-year-old software design can still be.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But who knew that books could kill? That’s the premise of an exhibit at Baltimore’s Walters Art Museum that looks at four toxic pigments used for millennia and ...

Crafted with rare ingredients, Utah homebrewer Dylan McDonnell offers a taste of what pyramid builders may have once enjoyed ...

AI helps decode a 1,000-year-lost Babylonian hymn, revealing rich insights into urban life, nature, and the roles of women in ancient Mesopotamia.

The Yiddish writer's lost masterpiece, Sons and Daughters, brought back to life, in all its humor and beauty, the Jewish ...

From rare first editions to cult classics, these sought-after cookbooks can fetch high prices from collectors drawn to their history and charm.

This month's issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics is a special issue devoted entirely to the ethics of infant male circumcision—an elective surgical practice that is currently performed on around a ...

The Bhagavad Gita, the most celebrated excerpt from the text, has inspired Bal Gangadhar Tilak to preach selfless violence as a valid means to a noble end and Mahatma Gandhi to practise non-violence ...

A guqin master provides hands-on instruction to a student on the playing techniques of this ancient Chinese instrument. Photo ...

Stone Age humans living by a lake in what’s now Germany systematically processed animal carcasses for fatty nutrients — ...