A medieval sermon packed with 'memes' and simple spelling mistakes could explain a baffling line in 'The Canterbury Tales.' ...

The partial remains of Andrew “Sandy” Irvine — who disappeared a century ago while trying to become one of the first people to climb Mount Everest — are believed to have been found on the ...

For Danny Glavin, a senior sample scientist, he wanted to solve a relentless mystery in his life's work: Why are all known living things only based on the left-handed forms of amino acids, the ...

A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars, including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge ...

In this excellent short video produced by The Economist, various experts are called upon to explain the “hard problem” that is consciousness, and how scientists might solve this profound mystery.

Mystery, suspense, and riddles were thought to be intrinsically intertwined in the ancient world. Solving a mystery or riddle was even felt to provide emotional relief from the problems of life ...

We’re talking about Scooby-Doo — duh! — and in the new exhibit at the Museum of Discovery and Science, the Mystery Inc. crew are inviting you to solve a crime.

He tried again, still no answer,” a passage might read (that one’s from The Man Who Smiled, published in 1994). At another point, Wallander might simply sit at his desk and rearrange his pencils.

Archaeologists Solve a Decades-Old Harriet Tubman Mystery. ... Marcia Pradines, heard that the lost cabin might, in fact, have sat on the land — and called Schablitsky. ...

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