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History

G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) and Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) walk together, deep in conversation

Humans

The Man Who Knew Infinity fails to break the mathematical mould

One of the world's greatest mathematicians, Srinivasa Ramanujan is still unknown to Westerners 鈥� but does a Hollywood biopic about his life and work have to be this safe?

Culture
This 3000 year old scroll survived Vesuvius's eruption

Humans

Lead ink from scrolls may unlock library destroyed by Vesuvius

News
Elements

Humans

The maddeningly magical maths of John Dee

Culture
The Course of Empire: The Destruction (1836) by Thomas Cole

Earth

125-year mini ice age linked to the plague and fall of empires

News
DNA was taken from ancient human bones, like this skull, from the Dolnte Vestonice burial site in the Czech Republic

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 鈥� 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

Dissection wasn't always a precise art. A rare specimen of a skull cut in half gives insight into the history of investigating human remains

Regulars

Physics

Reliving five eureka moments lost in history

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