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Was the Stone Age Actually the Wood Age?

Neanderthals were even better craftsmen than thought, a new analysis of 300,000-year-old wooden tools has revealed.

Watch the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Reach Its Peak

The event will be active when the moon is just a sliver in the sky, but it is less easy…

Orangutan, Heal Thyself

For the first time, scientists observed a primate in the wild treating a wound with a plant that has medicinal…

Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Lab Leak Theory

A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid…

Mountain Goats Are Not Avalanche-Proof

The scene ends badly, as you might imagine.

What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.

Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly…

Killer Asteroid Hunters Spot 27,500 Overlooked Space Rocks

With the help of Google Cloud, scientists churned through hundreds of thousands of images of the night sky to reveal…

Honeybees Invaded My House, and No One Would Help

Responding to fears of a “honeybee collapse,” 30 states have passed laws to protect the pollinators. But when they invaded…

Edward Dwight Aims for Orbit at Last

Six decades ago, Mr. Dwight’s shot at becoming the first Black astronaut in space was thwarted by racism and politics.…

From Baby Talk to Baby A.I.

Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. models?

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