Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ...

The ancient Roman architect Vitruvius defined the principles of strength, utility, and beauty with his monumental work, 'De ...

For over half a century, an archaeological mystery remained unsolved: what substance was hidden in those ancient bronze jars discovered in an underground Greek sanctuary in Paestum, in southern Italy?