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Megacities Pose Serious Health Challenge
Rapid urbanization will take a heavy toll on public health if city planning and development do not incorporate measures...
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Ancient Empires Produced Significant Greenhouse Gasses
An analysis of Greenland ice core samples indicates significant global methane emissions per capita during the Roman Empire and...
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Mayas Prophesized, but Not End of World
As the clock winds down to December 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing to convince people...
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Ancient Statue Discovered By Nazis Is Made From Meteorite
An ancient Buddhist statue that was recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s was originally carved from a...
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Did Jesus Have a Wife?
A newly discovered fragment of Coptic writing suggests some early Christians believed Jesus was married. In a paper presented...
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World’s Oldest Weapons Discovered
Archaeologists have discovered eight extremely well-preserved spears that are an astonishing 300,000 years old, making them the oldest known...
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World Hunger: The Problem Left Behind
The drought-induced run-up in corn prices is a reminder that we’re nowhere near solving the problem of feeding the...
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9,500-Year-Old “Cultic” Figurines Found in Israel
Archaeologists have uncovered two 9,500-year-old cultic figurines in excavations just outside of Jerusalem, the Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) reported....
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DNA Offers Sharp Image of Ancient Humans
Scientists have produced a digital image of a genome tens of thousands of years old with the resolution of...
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Stone Age Figurines Found Near Jerusalem
Two Stone Age statuettes, one depicting a ram and the other a wild bovine, have emerged from the highway...