Before Einstein, before Bohr, there was a Jesuit priest with a telescope and a startlingly modern vision of the universe.

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A California man discovered that a sketch inherited from his grandmother is an authentic Michelangelo drawing, confirmed ...

New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried ...

The Centro Storico (historic center) of Turin corresponds to the ancient Roman settlement established in the first century ...

Along with our glorious beaches, I love coastal market towns and fishing villages, even in the dead of winter. Especially ...

Walking through a supermarket today, you'll find the same vegetables everywhere. Carrots, potatoes, broccoli. Tomatoes lined ...

Littered with castles, palaces and monuments, these UK landmarks have witnessed some of the most important events in history.

France is aiming to attract more investment from Chinese companies and facilitate market access for French exports.

As writers from Poland wrote in languages other than Polish and their work enriched and shaped other national literatures, ...

This German city is known as a financial hub but there are so many more things to do in Frankfurt, from city sights to delicious food markets.