A secret Minoan fire technique may explain how Bronze Age artisans in Crete changed serpentinite vases from blue to red.

Pi Day is celebrated every year on March 14, honouring the significance of the mathematical constant π and its applications in mathematics.

Students in Greece will revive Eratosthenes' calculation of the Earth’s radius and circumference, a remarkable experiment in science.

Researchers exploring Uganda’s Kibale National Park have discovered seven new species of frog-like leafhoppers. The tiny ...

The search for an anti-aging pill is gaining momentum as biotech companies backed by Silicon Valley investors explore ...

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a 10th-century Byzantine Greek manuscript that was overwritten in the 13th century with a Christian liturgical text. This practice of creating a palimpsest, or a reused ...

Scientists are reconstructing the oldest known map of the night sky - long thought lost to time - by using X-rays to reveal its secrets.

A writer diagnosed with cancer takes a wry look at the magical ‘cures’ and wellness ‘treatments’ peddled to the chronically ill in ‘The End of My Life Is Killing Me’ ...

The discovery adds to the Archimedes Palimpsest, an important medieval manuscript containing texts from the Greek ...

Multiple European countries have announced further deployment of naval assets to the eastern Mediterranean after a drone attack on a UK base in Cyprus. HMS Dragon is expected next week.

Known as the Pythia or the Oracle of Delphi, the priestess wasn’t believed to be a psychic. Ancient writers like Plutarch, ...

Ancient followers of the Eleusinian Mysteries may have used a highly toxic fungus to create psychedelic hallucinations during ...