Thousands of years ago, our ancestors used symbols to track the sale of textile and agricultural products. New research suggests that these markings informed the development of writing Sarah Kuta ...

Here’s how it works. The world's oldest known system of writing was influenced by symbols used for trade — engravings found on cylinders used in the exchange of farming produce and textiles ...

Do you know who the most intelligent metal bands are? A new study from Prodigy has broken down how music shapes your productivity and which artists have promoted intelligence the most through ...

French science-fiction anthology “Metal Hurlant” is relaunching, 50 years after its debut, as a quarterly anthology with a lineup filled with high-profile creators from around the world.