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Heading a soccer ball just once is enough to temporarily release proteins into the blood that are associated with damage to brain cells, a new study suggests.For two of the…
Around 5.4 million years ago, two rivers flowed across present-day Turkey and Syria and into the Mediterranean Sea — and eventually, they would merge to form the Euphrates River, new…
(Image credit: © Forum Gesseler Goldhort)QUICK FACTSName: Gessel gold hoardWhat it is: 117 gold objectsWhere it is from: Syke, northern GermanyWhen it was made: Circa 1300 B.C.In April 2011, excavators…
There’s an army of tiny workers buzzing around our fields, helping our food grow. But over the past few decades, populations of bees and other insect pollinators have dropped precipitously.…
A real estate listing in San Francisco is catching attention not for its multi-million price tag but for what it accepts for payment: stocks in major artificial intelligence companies. The…
The 4,000-year-old skull of a Bronze Age child buried in what’s now Uzbekistan bears scars from a cranial surgery known as trepanation. It is the oldest documented evidence of surgery…
One of the greatest achievements of the James Webb Space Telescope is how it has allowed scientists to push the boundaries of astronomy by observing galaxies that existed during the…
Quick factsWhat it is: NGC 1514, the Crystal Ball NebulaWhere it is: About 1,500 light-years from Earth, in the constellation TaurusWhen it was shared: May 21, 2026Hidden in the night…
Whether using family records, DNA tests or genealogy websites, many people can trace their family histories back generations. The world-record holder for the longest family tree is Chinese philosopher Confucius…
Around 1 in 5 Americans say they’ve seen a ghost. I’m not one of them, and I probably never will be. I blame my brain.Let me explain. No one can…