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The 1380 Wrocław Beer War was a medieval Bohemian battle royale.

It featured Grace Jones, occult medieval imagery, and the devil himself.

The many contradictions of a diplomat's daughter who wanted all her work destroyed.

At a retirement home in Germany, 109 South African Krugerrands in an unexpected place.

And why some find it harder than others.

How text-based games are changing way we tell stories.

Great gifts for the impossible-to-shop-for.

Watch as chemical reactions become works of art.

Mutant DNA, cuddling babies for healthy genes, and more news from the microscopic world.

The rebel of the perfume world can make you smell like dinner or dessert.

A satisfying explanation is elusive.

Giant hogweed can cause blistering burns and even blindness. So what do you do if you want to preserve one?

Swept 350 miles across the sea, it would like to be reunited with its owner.

We've come a long way from 19th-century mummy "unwrapping parties."

Dr. George Milstein believed that all plants needed to grow was water, sunlight, nutrients, and a swinging-Sixties soundtrack.

The "Supermoon" makes headlines, but it's a relatively recent entry in a long history of descriptions of the moon.

One expert sees the value in maintaining a little mystery.

"The sun, God, and the coconut were like Father, Son, and Holy Ghost."