The British Museum is well placed to refer to the discovery of the Library of Ashurbanipal as “one of the most important” archaeological finds of all time. Almost everything we know about the Assyrian ...

Researchers are using a very modern tool to transcribe and read hundreds of thousands of medieval manuscripts from the lost ...

The deepest man-made hole on Earth is no longer a gaping wound in the Arctic rock but a quiet, sealed scar. Once hyped as a ...

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The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are some of the most popular spots on the internet. The site's physical location is pretty surprising, too.

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Sample helped to plot Cage’s trajectory toward the outer limits of art. He also made an impression on Hay, who, in his 1996 ...

They say every spooky story starts with a friend of a friend, and that’s precisely what makes urban legends so addictive.

Dozens of research articles from 1999–2024 mention early Babylonians using fingerprint biometrics, despite no evidence ...

Trey Paul was a CNET senior editor covering broadband. His 20+ years of experience as a writer and editor include time at the broadband marketplace Allconnect, as well as working with clients like ...

Excavations in the center of the old city here have unearthed the remains of an historic synagogue and Mikvah (Jewish ritual bath) believed to be of twelfth century origin. Both buildings were once ...