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Ancient Greek inscriptions point to the ‘Sanctuary of Odysseus’

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Fruit-eating mastodons? Ancient fossils confirm a long-lost ecological alliance

Ten thousand years ago, mastodons vanished from South America. With them, an ecologically vital function also disappeared: the dispersal of…

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Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s vaccine moves : Shots

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary at…

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Rivers are exhaling ancient carbon — and climate math just changed

A new study has revealed for the first time that ancient carbon, stored in landscapes for thousands of years or…

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Ancient Romans snacked on deep-fried songbirds

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Ancient cone-shaped skull shows signs of fatal trauma

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Ancient Native American agricultural site’s true extent revealed : NPR

Jonathan Alperstein, one of the researchers, excavates a portion of land on an ancient agricultural site in Michigan. Jesse Casana…

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Researchers recreate ancient Egyptian blues

A team of Washington State University-led researchers has recreated the world’s oldest synthetic pigment, called Egyptian blue, which was used…

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The Ancient African Grain, Fonio, Might Be the Future of Beer

In Person of Interest we talk to the people catching our eye right now about what they’re doing, eating, reading,…

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Ancient DNA used to map evolution of fever-causing bacteria

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analysed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that…

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