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Stone Age hunter-gatherers may have been surprisingly skilled seafarers

Prehistoric hunter-gatherers were likely skilled seafarers who could make long and challenging journeys. Stone tools, animal bones...

New computer chips do math with light

It’s a bright day for computing — literally. Two tech companies have unveiled computer components that use...

Rare books covered with seal skin hint at a medieval trade network

Science is helping researchers judge books by their covers — and revealing surprising beneficiaries of medieval trading...

The U.S. measles outbreak shows no signs of slowing

The death of a second child from measles is raising alarm bells anew that an ongoing outbreak...

Solar geoengineering moves into the spotlight as climate concerns grow

Earth’s average temperature is continuing to tick inexorably upward as the world’s nations stall at reducing their...

Ancient Arabian cymbals ring up Bronze Age musical connections

Ritually important musical practices resounded across Bronze Age cultures from Arabia to South Asia, a pair of...

Scientists Claim to Have Brought Back the Dire Wolf

In a secret location in the United States, two white wolves are lounging in the grass in...

Check out some of the weird rocks that have turned up on Mars

As the Mars rover Perseverance crested the top of Witch Hazel Hill, its operators back on Earth...

An IVF Alternative Could Make Having Babies Less Onerous

More and more people are turning to in vitro fertilization, or IVF, to have babies. The process...

States Are Banning Forever Chemicals. Industry Is Fighting Back

In 2021, James Kenney and his husband were at a big box store buying a piece of...

Scientists Are Mapping the Boundaries of What Is Knowable and Unknowable

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.The French scholar Pierre-Simon Laplace crisply articulated his...

Welcome to the Worst Allergy Season Ever

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The warming spring air...
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