Ancient Peruvian processing of indigo may have pre-dated Egyptian use of the dye by 1,200 years Featured News
George III, known as the “mad king who lost America,” may have suffered from bipolar disorder Strangeness
Patients that needed bloodletting were sent to the barbershops – hence the red & white pole outside of them News
Hyeronimus Bosch’s triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights” can be closed to reveal another painting on its exterior panels News
The Greek engineer Ctesibius of Alexandria is credited with inventing the pipe organ in the 3rd century B.C. and improving the clepsydra, the most accurate clock for more than 1,800 years News Self-Propelled