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Before it all went to hell, one dietary difference explained a lot about the roles of men and women some 2,000 years ago.
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Genes and history unite for a story of an ancient ocean voyage.
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Why travelers who love ancient human history should visit the “roof of the world.”
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A single fossil casts fresh light on the Lone Star State.
Yellowstone flooding: 10 images capture the extent of destruction
It will likely take some time to rebuild the damaged areas.
4 transportation tweaks that would finally slow climate change, according to the IPCC
We are already in the midst of these changes.
Why Darwin-hating Christians are hunting for a “living dinosaur” in the Congo
“There’s plenty ‘out there’ to be discovered.”
Scientists have solved the most annoying part of owning a car in cities
What is the best way to maximize the number of cars that can park on a street?
How to fight motion sickness — and the scientific reason some people suffer more
Motion sickness affects people differently.
How Disney built the most immersive Star Wars game ever
Don’t call it a hotel. It’s a 45-hour RPG, IRL.
In Kashmir, indigenous Muslim healers cure broken bones with spirituality — and science
Science has revolutionized medicine so profoundly but there are still many people living in Indian-administered Kashmir who believe in a more spiritual treatment for bone injuries.
This one innovation could make sure flights are never delayed again
How do you improve flight reliability amid a fragile system?
Why one Nordic country offers a model for a future without air travel
Air travel is often presented as desirable, despite its high environmental cost.
Look: Telepresence robots may be the future of travel
Why go to the trouble of booking a flight, hotel, and car to travel around the world when you can simply drop into a telepresence robot and travel from home?
5,000 years ago, a group of people left Taiwan and changed the world
Genes and history unite for a story of an ancient ocean voyage.
Ancient men and women in Italy had one key difference in their diets — study
Before it all went to hell, one dietary difference explained a lot about the roles of men and women some 2,000 years ago.
Stonehenge: Travelers who love ancient legends should visit this enigmatic site
For centuries still, the rocks have held onto these secrets — but now a pioneering study reveals the answer to at least one of these mysteries: How Stonehenge has managed to stand the test of time.
Summer travel: 6 strategies to protect unvaccinated kids from Covid-19
Many children are among those who aren’t vaccinated simply because no vaccines have been authorized for children under 12.
Look: Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser is Disney’s high-end cosplay hotel
How much would you pay for two nights in a galaxy far, far away?
3 bizarre vacation ideas to save your summer
Vacation 2.0.
Ancient finding adds an unexpected twist to the Viking afterlife myth
Even Vikings need a little comfort.
Ancient table scraps offer a fresh twist on Jewish culinary heritage
How we eat reflects how we live — now and in the past.
Ancient tooth debunks a 2,500-year-old claim about Greek soldiers
Don’t trust everything you read in history books.
Human evolution theory debunked by ancient crystals and eggshells
A new study challenges a dominant view about ancient Homo sapiens.
You need to play the riskiest Assassin’s Creed ever on Xbox Game Pass ASAP
Origins turns back to clock to when The Brotherhood and Cleopatra were born.
Ancient Roman man lived in agony before Vesuvius eruption killed him — DNA analysis
His death in the volcanic eruption may have been a relief.
The stars of 'Men' unpack its mysterious ancient symbolism
NASA InSight shutting down and more: Understand the world through 9 images
The Mayan calendar is older than we thought, researchers say
A site in Guatemala housed the oldest known example of a written calendar date in Maya civilization.
Where and when did humans evolve? New climate data may reveal the answer
A behemoth new study reveals startling insight into ancient human evolution.
Female migration to these remote Scottish islands ushered in a cosmopolitan era
Remains from the northern Scottish region of Orkney show female migrants were accepted into society and ushered in a wave of prosperity.
Scientists are tantalizingly close to cracking any ancient texts wide open
This is autofill for antiquity.
4000-year-old oyster shells reveal how climate change transformed ancient societies
The remarkable new study sheds light on oysters, ancient peoples, and climate change.
This 5,300 year-old ear surgery was gnarly and painful
An elderly Neolithic woman not only had two holes drilled into her head, but also survived.
Look: New evidence may finally solve a huge Stonehenge mystery
Stonehenge’s structure could have marked a 365-day calendar.
Orangutans could reveal how ancient humans made the first stone tools
This was a critical skill for human development — do apes have these skills, too?
The Webb Telescope’s first snapshot of a star and more: Understand the world through 7 images
Fossils reveal humans and Neanderthals coexisted far longer than we thought
Yet more evidence we really need to re-examine what we thought we knew about Neanderthals in Europe.
Look: 500 years ago, Ancient Peruvians used human remains to defy colonialism
500-year-old evidence shows Peruvians may have reassembled their deads' vertebrae on poles as a ritual to counter colonizers' tomb raiding and looting.
A new study is complicating the idea that ‘Meat Made Us Human”
A widely accepted theory on meat's role in human evolution could be the result of sampling bias.
Scientists discover biggest mass extinction since the dinosaurs
A new discovery suggests that 19 million years ago sharks almost went extinct.
A predator with night vision is changing what we know about dinosaurs
By looking at fossils of various dinosaurs, paleontologists think they may have found a few nocturnal hunters.
What did dinosaurs look like? An unlikely team is debunking old beliefs
“We all were really just astounded by how lifelike it was.”
25 years ago, Nic Cage made his most explosive sci-fi movie ever — it was almost even better
Can you improve on perfection?
How Ace Attorney spawned one of the most enduring character ships ever
No objection here.
The oral history of Face/Off, Nicolas Cage’s inexplicable sci-fi masterpiece
“In the very first couple of days, we literally sunk a boat.”
40 years, The Thing set a new standard for sci-fi thrillers — and accidentally inspired a modern movement
Voyager: 12 spectacular images from NASA's longest-lasting mission
45 years and counting.
You need to watch the most nostalgic time-travel movie on Netflix before it leaves next week
“That’s what the present is. It's a little unsatisfying because life’s a little unsatisfying.”
Ancient stalagmites point to a massive drought that upturned 6th century Arabia
The drought may have contributed to the rise of Islam.
Ms. Marvel Episode 2 reveals a tragic backstory — the comics go even deeper
Episode 2 of the Marvel series touches on the traumatic partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.
NASA CAPSTONE launch plans and more: Understand the world through 7 images
200,000 years ago, ancient humans developed language — what did they say?
Early modern humans probably talked about many of the same things we talk about.
You need to play the riskiest Assassin’s Creed ever on Xbox Game Pass ASAP
Origins turns back to clock to when The Brotherhood and Cleopatra were born.
Artemis SLS rolls out again and more: Understand the world through 7 images
This week NASA brought the Artemis 1 SLS back to the launch pad and scientists discovered a promising new cancer drug.
DNA study takes aim at a common misconception about chickens
Plus: Were dinosaurs warm or cold-blooded?
Where did domestic chickens come from? A new study reveals the origins of the modern fowl
Some cultures revered them before they became a dietary staple.
Angelo Moriondo: How the father of the espresso machine used science to make coffee
The smooth science of brewing espresso, explained.
25 years ago, Nicolas Cage made the most bombastic crime thriller ever
Cage was prolific in the late ‘90s, but one movie, in particular, redefined the entire action genre.