A wave of ancient DNA studies published in Nature has forced a sharp revision of how scientists understand the peopling of ...

This essay assesses the need for deeper integration in the European Union, while questioning where the current European leadership has the vision to implement such reforms in the wake of the euro ...

History loves unintended consequences. The latest example is particularly ironic: Russian President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to restore the Russian empire by recolonizing Ukraine has opened the door ...

“History,” it has been said, “doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Events from the past may not recur in exactly the same fashion, but in ways similar enough to be instructive. We couldn’t ...

Prague is one of Europe’s best-preserved cities, having been spared from last century’s bombs. Nowhere is this more evident than in the hilltop Castle Quarter, which looms above the city and dominates ...