Humans
Lead ink from scrolls may unlock library destroyed by Vesuvius
Almost 2000 years after a volcano buried the city of Herculaneum, we may have discovered a way to read its priceless library of ancient scrolls
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Humans
The maddeningly magical maths of John Dee
Culture
Earth
125-year mini ice age linked to the plague and fall of empires
News
Humans
Mystery invaders conquered Europe at the end of last ice age
News
Technology
The Wheel: A new book puts a basic technology in its place
Culture
Life
Oldest salmon bones hint how Stone Age migration was fuelled
News
Technology
Tweet old things – why a Twitter back catalogue is a good thing
Opinion
Life
Norse legend? The Viking ‘GPS’ that relied on crystals
Features
Life
Split skull provides rare slice of dissection history
Regulars
Physics
Reliving five eureka moments lost in history
Water doesn't just boil at 100 °C and chemistry owes a lot to alchemy: recreating long-forgotten experiments provides surprising insights into today's science
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Rogue boiling points
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Alchemy that’s more than magic
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Gunpowder blasts from the past
Features
Physics
Eureka relived: Spark of genius proved truth of light
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