Codex Leicester: Bill Gates paid $30.8 million for Leonardo da Vinci’s book of ideas and theories, including that of “planetshine” News
An ancient bird with sharp teeth inherited from dinosaurs sheds new details on how our avian friends evolved Archeology News Strangeness
The splendid glasshouse called Temperate House, part of the royal gardens at Kew, now open to the public News
An antibiotic experiment with chickens in 1948 led to a boom in poultry market, but had unforseen consequences for both bird and human News
Two centuries after his birth, people taking a close look at the controversial legacy of Karl Marx News
In one French art museum, more than half of the paintings are now believed to be fakes or forgeries News
Dead Sea Scrolls news: imaging technology has helped researchers detect previously hidden text News Archeology
Hobby Lobby smuggling ring: how an arts-and-crafts chain got involved in a controversial purchase of more than 5,500 artifacts from the Sumerian civilization News