The image of ancient people sporting gold and catgut braces is certainly appealing and dramatic, but it doesn’t match the ...

Ancient Egyptians and Etruscans pioneered orthodontics, using delicate gold wires and catgut to straighten teeth.

The third known visitor from another star system, 3I/ATLAS, has already delivered on one of the biggest promises in modern astronomy: a chance to treat an interstellar object as a potential alien ...