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The oldest known cremation pyre in Africa is shedding light on the complex funeral rites of ancient hunter-gatherers 9,500 years ago.

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There are "costs of life" that mechanical physics cannot calculate. A clear example is the energy required to keep specific ...

WASHINGTON — Federal health officials are unilaterally reducing the number of recommended pediatric immunizations in response ...

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Grab-and-go missions to asteroids have provided some of the most scientifically valuable samples since the Apollo ...

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.