Does Italian cuisine exist?  Not according to Alberto Grandi, daring food historian and professor of economic history at the University of Parma.  With ...

Nov 26 (Reuters) - The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued new guidelines on Wednesday outlining when inventions created with the help of artificial intelligence can be patented. USPTO Director ...

In medieval times, warfare saw the emergence of remarkable yet often overlooked superweapons. Greek fire, a Byzantine invention, was a mysterious and devastating flammable liquid. Its composition, a ...

In the 13th century, Dominican friar Richard Fishacre boldly challenged established scientific doctrines by proposing that celestial bodies were composed of the same earthly elements, a claim that ...

The medieval period saw the rise of many new inventions all around the world. Emerging out of the so-called Dark Ages, many prominent scholars and learned minds came up with new inventions to make the ...

DETR0IT - You can immerse yourself in the mind of Leonardo da Vinci at a new exhibition coming to Michigan featuring his inventions. “Leonardo da Vinci: Machines in Motion” is coming to the Michigan ...

The pipes of a medieval organ, buried for centuries and discovered near the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, are once more filling a Jerusalem monastery with ancient ...

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "We wanted to create a medieval theme board game to enjoy with family and friends," said one of two inventors, from Benton Harbor, Mich., "so we invented the ...

The Middle Ages were far stranger - and more fascinating - than most people realize. In this video, we uncover five surprising facts about medieval life, from bizarre hygiene habits to unexpected ...

An etching of Guido d’Arezzo, from an early 20th century book (Photo: Volodymyr Polotovskyi/Dreamstime) Guido’s work quickly spread through monasteries and ...