O Romeow … cat steals the show during final scene at Romeo and Juliet ballet – video
A cat decided it was the main character during the final scene of a Romeo and Juliet performance.
Medieval game board found in Morocco points to 1,200-year history of strategy gaming
Archaeologists working at Walīla, the medieval city built on the site of ancient Volubilis in Morocco, have identified a carved stone game board inside a public bathhouse dating to the early Islamic period. The find offers rare evidence of leisure activities in North Africa between the late eighth and tenth centuries CE.
10 Largest Medieval Cities From Around the World
In Medieval times, life shifted from the fields to cities where urban populations grew. These ten cities soon became the largest in the world.
Flagstaff company plans 1st-ever robotic space rescue mission to save telescope
Time is running out for a space telescope falling out of Earth orbit, and an Arizona company is rising to the rescue.
A 160-ton 14-story tall steel cylinder to power the Spanish grid
A 160-ton steel cylinder as tall as a 14-story building is floating off the coast of Bilbao, and inside it a column of seawater rises and falls like a giant piston, pushing air through a turbine to power the Spanish grid
Caltech Readies to Build World’s Most Sensitive Radio Telescope
Two prototype dishes for the DSA at the Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO) near Bishop, California.
‘The Antarctic is the last frontier’: the quest to save Shackleton’s Endurance
Amid fears the wreck will be more accessible to explorers – and new species – as the climate warms, conservationists want to create the region’s first underwater protected area
Monet for nothing: the famous artworks cheering up UK high streets
Reproductions of works by Monet, Picasso and Van Gogh are being hung in town centres to bring art closer to communities