Britain's 1972 school reform may have lowered dementia diagnoses half a century later

World-famous or local legend? New study investigates global and local forms of collective memory and…

Napoleon Bonaparte and Bernardo O'Higgins: two 19th-century military leaders renowned to this day in their native countr…

Lizard tail preserved in amber sheds light on a 100-million-year-old defense mechanism

A lizard making a dramatic escape, leaving its tail wriggling behind as it darts to safety, is an image familiar to many…

Solving an ancient cold case: Roman was brutally murdered

This 2,000-year-old cold case offered a wealth of information, Leiden archaeologists Carol van Driel-Murray and Mark Dri…