Not knowing exactly when regular meat consumption became part of our ancestors’ diets is a gap in our understanding of human evolution.

Recent changes in US scientific research are very worrying. The ‘anti-science movement’ is being spearheaded by Robert F Kennedy – a leading figure of the modern anti-vaccine movement for many years.

Tsar Alexander II, Emperor of Russia, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Finland, was quite the progressive. Among other reforms, he abolished serfdom, overhauled the judicial system, outlawed corporal ...