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The world map of Fra Mauro

Saturday, March 26, 2022 Edit

The digital edition of Fra Mauro’s world map created by the Museo Galileo in collaboration with the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venic...

Thursday, August 19, 2021 Edit

Oil spills have been plaguing Brazil's northern coastline for weeks. But before that, another mystery had been puzzling local scientists...

8/19/2021 08:29:00 pm Edit

With surveys, excavations, and other archaeological methods, a team led by Dawid Kobiałka (center) located a mass grave in the woods of Po...

Monday, August 16, 2021 Edit

The female â€˜time of the month’ remained a mystery for thousands of years and this ignorance led to poor treatment of women during their pe...

8/16/2021 09:49:00 pm Edit

During the Medieval era, women who openly showed anger, argued in public, or were otherwise classified as â€˜unruly’, were severely punished...

Sunday, August 15, 2021 Edit

Being a President or a Prime Minister now comes with high-end security that is always at the leader’s disposal. But maybe, back in medieval ...

8/15/2021 12:23:00 am Edit

After a disastrous defeat in the ‘raamjaar’, Johan de Witt and his brother was murdered and eaten by an angry mob, but is this true? A larg...

Saturday, August 07, 2021 Edit

The field of psychology is a very broad field comprised of many smaller specialty areas. Each of these specialty areas has been strengthened...

Saturday, July 24, 2021 Edit

Rene Laennec born 1781 was a French doctor and inventor. In 1816, he invented the very first stethoscope and made a hugely important contrib...

7/24/2021 10:04:00 am Edit

'The belief in the possibility of a short, decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.' My ...

Saturday, May 22, 2021 Edit

The little known Anglo-Zanzibar War of 1896 is generally considered to be the shortest war in history, lasting for a grand total of 38 minut...