In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte launched a massive invasion of Russia with over 500,000 ...

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Researchers from the University of Maryland, College Park, may have captured ancient DNA from the Italian High Renaissance ...

Mendel’s monastery garden experiments went largely unnoticed during his life, but their implications would ripple through ...

A deadly fungus that has wiped out hundreds of amphibian species worldwide may have started its global journey in Brazil.

Here’s a full rundown of the theories on Hitler’s possible progeny, from a supposed French love child to an alleged dalliance ...