Genomes from ancient Maya people reveal collapse of population and civilization 1,200 years ago
Skeletons buried near the ancient Maya city of Copán have revealed new clues about the collapse, but not total decimation,…
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Before the Great Wall, Chinese rulers built a shallow ditch
Archaeologists excavate part of the medieval wall system in Mongolia Gideon Shelach-Lavi et al. 2025 Long before the Great Wall…
‘Previously unimaginable’: James Webb telescope breaks its own record again, discovering farthest known galaxy in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spotted the most distant galaxy observed to date — breaking its own record…
Massive glacier collapse triggers landslide that buries Swiss village
The Birch glacier caused an avalanche of ice, snow, water and rocks as the leading edge collapsed JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock A…
43,000-year-old human fingerprint is world’s oldest — and made by a Neanderthal
A red dot on a face-shaped rock in Spain may be setting records in more ways than one. At roughly…
We’re about to unlock the secrets of ancient human brains
Brains preserved for hundreds of years can contain intact proteins Alexandra Morton-Hayward It is now possible to obtain proteins from…
Elon Musk’s AI Chatbot Grok Is Reciting Climate Denial Talking Points
CLIMATEWIRE | It was a simple enough question. Is climate change an urgent threat to the planet? To most climate…
Watch mesmerizing 1,000-foot-tall lava fountains: Kilauea volcano erupting in ways not seen for 40 years
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been erupting with gigantic fountains of lava, the likes of which haven’t been seen in around 40…
Do we have free will? Quantum experiments may soon reveal the answer
Different interpretations of quantum mechanics pose philosophical problems Pobytov/Getty Images Does quantum physics place limits on the extent to which…
‘Unlike anything we have seen before’: Astronomers discover mysterious object firing strange signals at Earth every 44 minutes
Astronomers have discovered a mysterious object flashing strange signals from deep space, and they have no idea what it is….