Intricate decorative tilework found in medieval architecture across the Islamic world appears to exhibit advanced decagonal quasicrystal geometry -- a concept discovered by Western mathematicians and ...

Faced with a range of serious patient reactions to the COVID-19 disease, doctors and nurses have sometimes struggled to find viable treatment options. But when we examine faith-based responses to the ...

They were set up a little like galaxies in the universe. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Thousands of medieval Islamic tombs in ...

Researchers have found chemical residues of grapes in medieval containers indicating a prosperous wine trade in Islamic Sicily. Researchers at the University of York have found chemical residues of ...

Researchers analyzed the Sudanese landscape with a model originally created to analyze the spatial patterns of stars and galaxies. Costanzo et al. / PLOS One Archaeologists in eastern Sudan have ...

BBC Four's 3-part series 'Islam & Science' starts tonight, and presenter, physicist Jim Al-Khalili, begins by discussing 'the language of science'. In an article today, he also discusses the work of ...

Ceramic vessels originating in the Islamic world once adorned the facades of churches and other Christian monuments, while Christian symbols such as the cross embellished columns, slabs, and other ...

Faced with a range of serious patient reactions to the COVID-19 disease, doctors and nurses have sometimes struggled to find viable treatment options. But when we examine faith-based responses to the ...

As a social historian of the medieval Islamic world, I think and write about the role of religion in daily life. Looking at how people thought about science and religion in the past can inform the ...