Researchers are using diary entries, travel notes, religious registers, and other primary historical records to better understand extreme climate shifts in Transylvania during the 16th century.

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On a clear full moon night, it is difficult for someone to not be drawn by the cooling glow of this beautiful celestial gift.

The coca plant has been cultivated in South America for thousands of years and used for a variety of ritual, spiritual, and ...

Sir Salman Rushdie did not initially realise he was the victim of a frenzied stabbing because his assailant launched the attack “so fast” and “so unexpectedly”, a court heard.