Recent DNA analysis from excavations in China, Central Asia, and Hungary has uncovered the origins of the marauding Huns who ...

The Huns were nomadic warriors, likely from Asia, who are best known for invading and terrorizing Europe in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. and hastening the downfall of the Western Roman Empire.

By then, the Han military campaigns against the Xiongnu were already in full swing, culminating in the decisive victory of a young general, Huo Qubing, in 121 BC. Leading his unstoppable troops, he ...

Follow a young bookworm and a Persian cat as they relive Zhang Qian’s epic journey – braving the Xiongnu, seeking the Yellow River’s source and bringing exotic wonders east. His story, intertwined ...

Bacterial microcompartments are proteinaceous complexes that catalyze metabolic pathways in a manner reminiscent of organelles. Although microcompa ...