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Scientists finally know how Italy’s Renaissance-era Medici brothers died - Findings confirm one of the brothers wasn’t poisoned to death, contrary to widely-held view ...

New research determined that the mysterious death of a ruler from the powerful Florentine Medici family was due to illness, ...

Many Florida city names have origins in Spanish, European, and Indigenous languages. The state's name, La Pascua de la Florida, was given by Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513. Some towns, like Wimauma, were ...

In 1562, Cardinal Giovanni de Medici, a scion of the dynastic family that dominated politics and banking in Tuscany during the Renaissance, died of malaria. Twenty-five years later, his older brother, ...

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On 22 September 2026, Computer Weekly turns 60. To mark the milestone, we asked some of our friends - experts, parliamentarians, IT leaders and suppliers - for their perspectives on how tech has ...

For centuries, historians debated a longstanding mystery: Were two members of the powerful Medici dynasty victims of disease — or murder? Now, nearly 500 years later, scientists say they finally have ...

Researchers found evidence of malaria in Francesco I de' Medici's bones, leading them to argue "with scientific certainty" ...