Religious freedom flows from concepts central to the Christian faith,” Vance said in a Feb. 5 speech to hundreds gathered at ...

A badly burnt scroll from the Roman town of Herculaneum has been digitally "unwrapped", providing the first look inside for 2 ...

"l realised that it was likely to pay higher dividends than simply sitting in a park and hoping for the best." ...

During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, with the initial wave of knowledge from Western countries sweeping across China, thousands of Catholic missionaries came to the country, including the ...

Astronomers tracking mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) stumbled upon an unexpected cosmic puzzle. A burst was detected from ...

Bearing cards, flowers, chocolates and poetry, lovers have always swooned on Valentine’s Day as cherubs circled overhead. Right? Or is its history darker?

IntroductionThe evolution of packaging from ancient times to modernity reflects not only technological advances but also the ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 ...

Some letters are already clearly visible in the ancient text and the team believes ... In the past, some of the documents, which are made from a thick paper-like material called papyrus, were ...

Scientists think a small rock discovered near Earth last August was hurled into space by an ancient impact on the ... month in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. This is the second time scientists ...

But the dormant galaxy from which these radio bursts are originating should not contain this type of young star, according to a paper published Wednesday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.