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Excavation in Sudan shows Roman Empire wasn’t as mighty as it claimed

When Roman Egypt came under attack from the Kushites in what is now Sudan, the Roman forces responded by destroying a Kushite city – or so we thought

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Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

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Carlo Rovelli on what we get wrong about the origins of quantum theory

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A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

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A timeline of the most important events in quantum mechanics

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How mudlarks are uncovering thousands of years of London's history

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How mudlarks are uncovering thousands of years of London's history

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Ancient rocks boost case for mini ice age linked to fall of Rome

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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The physicist on a mission to spark a quantum industrial revolution

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Lead pollution across the Roman Empire would have caused IQ deficits

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Ancient people of Easter Island made return trips to South America

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How diseases like smallpox survived long ocean voyages

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Nomads thrived in Greece after the collapse of the Roman Empire

Analysis of pollen in sediment cores from a large lake in Greece shows that nomadic livestock herders took over the region after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire

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Red squirrels were hosts for leprosy in medieval England

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Medieval horses buried in London had far-flung origins

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Casimir Funk: The scientist who gave us the word 'vitamin'

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Ancient Herculaneum scroll piece revealed by AI – here's what it says

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