It's weird that we have been told over and over that gladiators fought to the death, when it wasn't even true.

From Meta letting AI rivals onto WhatsApp for a year, to age-checking technology maturing, Fiona Jones rounds up some of the big tech stories of the week.

Governments worldwide are ramping up efforts to keep minors off social networks after years of tech firms arguing that policing underage users was impractical or risky. Now, identity-verification ...

New research suggests seabird guano helped transform the Chincha Kingdom into one of the most prosperous societies in ancient Peru. Chemical clues in centuries-old maize show farmers fertilized their ...

We can split atoms, map the human genome, and launch cars into space. Still, there are objects built hundreds or even ...

Humans have practiced head shaping for tens of thousands of years, and anthropologists are beginning to uncover clues as to why.

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The first installment of a gripping new trilogy blends high-concept science fiction with global conspiracy and ancient ...