The first observation using the Airy Transit Circle telescope, a device that functioned for over a hundred years, was taken ...

Scientific studies claim that modern music has become simpler than ever before, both lyrically and musically. But are they measuring what really matters?

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Before influencers and verified badges, social status lived in tiny online flexes. Millennials still laugh about these early ...

By Nishitha Ann John“Mahar originated as a deeply personal contract, signifying an offering that bound responsibility, care and intent. In contemporary practice, it has been reconfigured into a ...

From sacred sock requirements to theatrical food refusals and goodbye rituals that could outlast a Netflix series, these ...

It’s humorous to see where “experts” in the music world thought was the location of Simon and Garfunkel’s “My Little Town,” ...

Somewhere at the edge of mathematics lurks a number so large that it breaks the very foundations of our understanding - and ...

World Braille Day raises awareness about Braille, a vital communication tool that promotes education, independence, and human ...

Over 8,000 years ago, early farming communities in northern Mesopotamia were already thinking mathematically—long before numbers were written down. By closely studying Halafian pottery, researchers ...

The Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia arranged floral depictions on pottery with symmetry and numerical sequences, ...

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