The Mediterranean Diet: A Miracle or Just a Tasty Myth?
The Mediterranean diet has a rare talent. It manages to sound like a marketing slogan,…
Afterlife Beliefs Across Ancient Civilisations: Death Was Not the End
The afterlife may be the most ancient long-term strategy humans ever invented. Long before self-help…
Xoloitzcuintli: A Dog Older Than Most Civilisations
The first time someone meets a Xoloitzcuintli, they usually do one of two things. They…
Caligula and the Theatre of Power
There is something almost too convenient about the way history remembers Caligula. The mad emperor,…
Are Medical Detection Dogs Winning the Diagnosis Game?
Your dog is currently lying on the sofa, dreaming about squirrels and whether today might…
Scientists Confirm Dolphins Call Each Other by Name — and They Only Bother for the Ones They Love
So, here's a question that sounds like the start of a joke but absolutely isn't:…