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A study clarifies the date of an important technological milestone: the adoption of the bow and arrow in western North ...

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American politics is increasingly characterized by high levels of polarization and divisive rhetoric, despite stated ...

Scientists have debated for decades whether economies can continue to grow without increasing greenhouse gas emissions. A new ...

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In December 2023, the Peruvian Andes were hit by a severe drought followed by a wave of nighttime freezing temperatures. The ...

New paired studies from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities show that machine learning can improve the prediction of ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?

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Every eleven years, the sun's magnetic field flips. Sunspots—dark, cooler regions on the sun's surface that mark intense ...