History

History (derived from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía) 'inquiry; knowledge acquired by investigation') is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory.

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Professor He Jianxing: A 30-Year journey from high-risk to population-based lung cancer screening—history, strategies, and research design - EurekAlert!

Revelations on the history of leprosy in the Americas - EurekAlert!

Fossil tracks rewrite history of animals leaving water to live on land

Rewriting History: Study Challenges Long-Held Assumptions About Phoenician Civilization

The Strange and Surprising History of the Once-Rejected Zero

History Crashes to Earth: The Long Journey of Venus Probe Kosmos 482

Rewriting History: Bone Tools From 1.5 Million Years Ago Shake Up Human Origins

Tropical mountain ice cores help decipher climate riddles in Earth’s history - EurekAlert!

Oldest ant fossil ever found reveals history of ‘hell ants’

When Earthquakes Write History: Sediment Cores Uncover Seismic Secrets of Devastating 1976 Earthquake

Rewriting History: Researchers Rethink the Origin of Stone Tools

MEV-1 service spacecraft makes history with first undocking of two commercial satellites in geosynchronous earth orbit (GEO) – heralding a new age of commercial space operations.

History Made: Metal Made in Space Lands on Earth for the First Time

Archaeologists compared the size of 50,000 ancient houses to learn about history of inequality, they found that it's not inevitable

Watch SpaceX's history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today

Stars Get Earworms Too, And The 'Songs' Could Tell Us Their History

Black Hole Found Consuming its Own History

SLAC Just Fired the Most Intense Submicron Electron Beam in History – Here’s What It Can Do

A Huge Discovery in Morocco Could Rewrite The History of Africa

New research suggests Cleopatra’s tomb may lie beneath the Mediterranean. Kathleen Martinez’s team is closer than ever to solving one of history’s biggest mysteries.