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Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

Some 50,000 people visit St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City daily. The 500-year-old structure, with its 448-foot-high dome, ...

Italian scientists claim to have found the scientifically best way to make a hard-boiled egg. After trying it for ourselves, ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

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A new study finds that microplastics and nanoplastics accumulate at higher levels in the brain than in the liver and kidney.