Gunpowder has been used for centuries, but did you know that the Chinese invented it by complete accident? Here's everything ...

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Dinosaurs walked the earth that is now beneath our sneakers. Centuries ago, our planet was dominated by this species. Now, there are only small remnants that show us how tiny we ca ...

China is emerging as the great technological power of these years. In 2025, it presented the LICOM K++ system, with which ultra-high-resolution ocean simulations can be carried out ...

Could India and Pakistan be unwitting pieces in a devious game of Chinese chequers? Two Chinese generals, Mi and Yu, congratulating themselves on the success of their Operation Springing Tiger. Mi: ...

He invented a cut of dress known as the “princess” line, where the waist seam is removed to emphasise vertical lines, and which is still used by designers today. And, most significantly of all ...

It's all about the prompts. A barrister and her solicitors have been condemned by a judge for their “appalling professional misbehaviour” after they cited non-existent cases. Sarah Forey of 3 Bolt ...

sapiens, but its age suggests that bone-tipped projectiles were “invented by Neandertals independently and long before the appearance of modern human groups in Europe,” says Golovanova ...

To understand the origins of baseball’s buzzy new pitch, go all the way back to a 4-year-old boy who just wanted Bubblicious gum and baseball cards. His dad, an engineer, wanted him to ...

Freud didn’t just invent psychoanalysis. He invented the modern notion of the self: that what we are is not just what we do, or say, or post on Instagram, but a bubbling cauldron of instincts ...

But in the 18th and early 19th centuries, writing became more accessible, leading to the flourishing of penmanship and the invention of faster ways to write. One involved running the letters of a ...