From creation myths to political omens, different cultures have had vastly different interpretations of the dramatic natural ...

Ancient cultures had vastly different interpretations of the dramatic natural phenomenon.In the days after a Jacobite ...

But scholars are now finding even older possible references. Ancient Greek texts, for example, such as Aristotle's ...

The night sky has always been a source of wonder and intrigue for humanity. Ancient cultures around the world turned their eyes to the heavens, finding not just beauty but meaning in the stars.

Marvel Comics, like all superhero media, is built on the foundations and stories of ancient mythologies with tales of heroes ...

Before surnames were a well-established way of telling one Olaf or Astrid from another, identifying nicknames were far more prevalent. Historical figures had their share of quirky epithets—from Albert ...

Cosmology is the study of the universe; its birth, evolution, and ultimate fate. This includes further developing and refining the prevailing model, the Big Bang theory, investigating the universe’s ...

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The McWilliams Center for Cosmology & Astrophysics Seed Grant program supports faculty/ postdoctoral fellows/research staff who want to explore a new area of research and/or jumpstart their research ...