Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.

Ghosts stories appear in several surviving texts from ancient Rome. What do they reveal about the people who told them?

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Australia’s First Peoples may or may not have hunted the continent’s megafauna to extinction, but they definitely collected ...

The spookiness of Halloween is often connected with buildings of past eras, no longer in use and haunted by their original users. The remains of the Train Station on Union Street are just that and ...

Archaeologists in Turkey discovered over 60 ancient tombs in Colossae, the biblical city mentioned in St. Paul's famous New ...

Registered dietitian nutritionist Carrie Dennett discusses the different types of ancient grains, tips for using them and ...

The desert was silent except for wind and laughter. For a few days, time slowed down, and we caught a glimpse of how humans ...

People throughout history have turned to superstitions to make sense of a confusing world. Before science could explain ...

The concept of reputation, and who is sharing information, may be the key to recognizing misinformation in the AI era.

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The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. It’s been more than a decade ...