Ancient lead pollution may have lowered IQs across the Roman Empire
The new research adds context to a long-standing debate about the role lead pollution and poisoning may have played in the ...
Sure, the Romans Were Smart. But They Could Have Been Smarter.
Exposure to lead from mining probably lowered I.Q. levels in the empire, research has found. It might be the world’s first ...
Pope Names Nun to Head a Vatican Department, a First for a Woman
Sister Simona Brambilla was appointed as the prefect of a Vatican office that oversees religious orders, but she may not be ...
Opinion - Pope Francis should brace for a new dynamic in the US Catholic Church
On Dec. 20, Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
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Residents angry about 'dangerous' steps to new development
Residents on a new housing development in Melton Mowbray have become frustrated by delays over installing a ramp in place of ...
The Donald Is at the Door
It was led by people who intended to interrupt the certification of the presidential vote in the hopes of keeping Donald ...
Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office
He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...
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Insistent optimism: Charlie Hebdo unveils special edition decade after Islamist massacre
New issue of French satire magazine, a beacon of free speech, is headlined 'Indestructible!'; 4 inside pages show entries in ...
Pope Francis names Trump critic McElroy as Washington's new archbishop
VATICAN CITY, - Pope Francis on Monday named a Catholic cardinal who has criticized Donald Trump's political agenda as the new leader for the Catholic Church in Washington, D.C., days before Trump is ...
Pope Francis tells group nuns not to ‘gossip’ and to be more ‘friendly and loving’ during rant
Gossip kills, gossip poisons. Please, no gossiping among you, none. And to ask this of a woman is heroic but, come on, let’s move forward and no gossip.” ...
Chef Clare de Boer’s top New York restaurants
An eclectic tour of the Big Apple’s world of flavours, from Lebanese and Italian in Brooklyn to Korean in Midtown and an old-school NYC lunch counter in Flatiron ...