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In medieval Denmark, people could pay for more prestigious graves closer to the church — a sign of wealth and status. But ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. The ...

Bring out your dead” may be Monty Python’s medieval call, but counting them is still modern and often messy. Death ...

Monty Python's 'Ministry of Silly Walks': Comparison of two complete gait cycles of the Minister, one of Mr. Pudey and the mean curve for people without pathology. (Data source: Motion & Gait Analysis ...

"It's only a flesh wound!" When Meg Roland, chair of the English department at Marylhurst University, got the call from the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, she initially wondered if they had ...

Here at The Gist we deeply admire everything that Monty Python has done for science (including but not limited to their work with silly walks, confused cats, migrating swallows, etc.).*** But who ...