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Marooned on a remote desert island for more than four years, Sco
After a long, arduous climb, NASA’s Perseverance rover has finally reached the top of Jezero Crater’s rim. It took the rover three and a half months to vertically ascend 500 metres (1,640ft), at times
Discover indigenous life before the colonists landed
The most gruesome case in Finland’s history began on Tuesday 19 August 1930, when 14-year-old Leo Löfman found a human hand in a spring. The boy had been picking berries in Tattarisuo, a marshy, unpop
Many birds have fabulous plumage to attract mates or send warning messages. Some of the colours in their feathers are produced by microscopic structures on the feather surface that absorb and reflect
In 1798, Britain’s most celebrated admiral pursued the French across the Mediterranean, attempting to thwart General Bonaparte’s mission to Egypt. The pursuit culminated in what was arguably the most strategically important naval battle of the Napoleonic Wars
KATHERINE COBB is a member of AGRA based in Somerset ANTONY MARR is a fellow, and previous chair, of AGRA and a former deputy registrar JAYNE SHRIMPTON is a professional dress historian and portrait s