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Medieval horses buried in London had far-flung origins

Isotopic analysis of horse teeth from a medieval burial site suggest that the animals were imported to England from Scandinavia or the Alps, perhaps for use in battle or jousting

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Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

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2NGGYHG Polish-born American biochemist Dr. Casimir Funk, who coined the term vitamin, is shown at work in his new research laboratory on W. 64th Street in New York City on Jan. 12, 1953. (AP Photo)

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Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says

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Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods

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Uniquely depicted in the process of shedding its winter coat, the full-scale model of a wooly mammoth???one of the most iconic extinct elephant relatives???was made onsite by the Museum???s Exhibition team with input from leading paleomammalogists. Alvaro Keding/?? AMNH

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2R0BH12 The Fra Mauro map, ca 1450 by the Venetian cartographer Fra Mauro

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The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science

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A section of the Great Wall of China made with rammed earth

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Great Wall of China protected from erosion by coat of lichen and moss

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The Greek word for purple, extracted from a Herculaneum scroll

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Student uses AI to decipher word in ancient scroll from Herculaneum

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Deposito Archivio Apostolico Vaticano "scaffali in ferro" Vatican Apostolic Archive Depository "iron shelves"

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How scientists are cracking historical codes to reveal lost secrets

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Subatomic particles and atoms, conceptual illustration.

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A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

Our amazing picture of the particles and forces that make reality took decades of invention and experiment to piece together

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Stunning image of erupting volcano reminds us of Earth’s violent past

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Eunice Newton Foote: The woman who discovered the greenhouse effect

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Ancient Scandinavians wrote encrypted messages in runes 1500 years ago

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English industrialist stole iron technique from Black metallurgists

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