Twice in the fitful life of the Third Republic, Paris was convulsed by a criminal scandal with a Jew at its heart that split public opinion and sent crackles of disquiet through Europe. The first of ...

Astronomer Sherry Suyu from the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics on comet-hunter Caroline Herschel, the first salaried female astronomer She has a comet named after her – comet 35P / ...