Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane ...

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After conducting a new analysis, some researchers think it may be the only portrait of Grey created during her lifetime—a ...

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For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...