Most archaeologists spend time digging in the dirt or piecing together broken artifacts or bones in the lab, attempting to make sense of the past in a painstakingly slow process. But others use that information — and a little ingenuity — to re-create the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of ancient societies through a practice called experimental archaeology.In his book “Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations” (Little, Brown and Co., 2025), author Sam Kean delves into the overloaded sensory world of experimental archaeology practitioners. Along the way, he…

The future of surgery just scrubbed in. In a groundbreaking medical first, robots designed to move and function like humans have performed surgery on a live patient, successfully completing two laparoscopic gallbladder removals. The breakthrough offers a peek at a future where these advanced machines could help bridge gaps in healthcare — easing surgeon shortages, lending doctors a high-tech hand in the operating room and expanding access to lifesaving procedures in underserved areas. “This study shows that humanoid robots have a viable future in the field of surgery,” Michael Yip, a faculty member at the University of California San Diego…

The backlash surrounding controversial Maine Democrat Graham Platner, who withdrew his bid for US Senate on Friday after accusations of rape, could dog one California Democrat all the way through 2028. Silicon Valley Rep. Ro Khanna, who is widely expected to run for president, is facing accusations of hypocrisy for hyping the disgraced New England pol even after disturbing reports emerged about his treatment of women. Khanna even went so far as to share a stage with him after a New York Times report described Platner’s “unsettling” conduct toward former girlfriends. “We reject misogyny. We reject it. You know who…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As Democrats scrambled to abandon embattled candidate Graham Platner, after a rape allegation against him torpedoed his insurgent campaign, one progressive lawmaker said it “was a very easy call” to never back him in the first place.Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., had no endorsement to rescind, having been among a small handful of Democrats who publicly warned against Platner amid growing controversies, even as much of the party continued embracing him.”I’m relieved. I’m sure Mainers are relieved. He disqualified himself,” Dean told Fox News Digital in an interview after Platner announced his intent…

America’s love affair with the Blizzard is on ice. Since early 2025, Dairy Queen has been in a franchise meltdown, closing at least 46 locations nationwide, with Texas taking the biggest hit after the chain operator, Project Lonestar, refused to renovate its restaurants, which got them iced out of the DQ family. Between February and March alone, 42 Texas locations shut down, leaving Lone Star cravers to fend for themselves. (Or finally try a McFlurry.) In Alaska, three DQ locations in Anchorage, Wasilla and Palmer all shuttered at the start of July, leaving the 49th state with just one Blizzard…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If there’s one dress style Meghan Markle reaches for again and again, it’s a wrap dress. From her now iconic Armani wrap dress during her Oprah interview to casual printed wrap dresses on vacation with Prince Harry, Markle has demonstrated for years how versatile the waist-cinching silhouette is. The cut is elegant and flattering without feeling overdone. Luckily, you don’t have to spend designer prices to steal her style. I found wrap dresses that channel the same polished aesthetic for a fraction of…

He’s chugging his way through the competition. A soccer superfan in London is having a ball drinking beer during the FIFA World Cup. Gus Hully collected beers from the 48 countries competing — and cracks one open each time a team loses — so will either be celebrating or drowning his sorrows on Saturday night when his home country of England plays Norway. “I’ll be drinking each beer once that team has been eliminated from the competition, basically as a toast to their participation and failure at winning the tournament,” Hully told BBC Sport of his ale and lager haul, which…

Tropical forests draw down and store large quantities of CO₂ from the atmosphere. The Amazon rainforest in South America, for example, stores approximately 123 billion tonnes of carbon — more than is stored in any other terrestrial ecosystem in the world. But these forests are facing a critical challenge.Research from 2023, which was carried out by me and more than 100 colleagues, found that tropical forests in South America are vulnerable to climate extremes. We determined that during an El Niño event, the warm phase of a natural fluctuation in the Earth’s climate system, South American tropical forests may fail…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: One Senate Republican warned that the “radical leftist” surge in the Democratic Party today will be the roadmap for Democrats in 2028, when candidates will jockey for the White House.”You get this hammer-and-sickle wave we saw in New York — that is not going to be an isolated incident,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital. “That is a flashing red light. It is a red flag.””Their primaries now are going to be dominated by these people who want to go to war with Western civilization,” he continued.…

When Jessica Brown saw the news report detailing two separate stabbing events, one of which had occurred in her brother Edan’s neighborhood, her immediate thought was for the families involved. “I just thought to myself: oh, those poor families,” she recalls on this week’s episode of Gary Jubelin’s “I Catch Killers” podcast. Little did Brown realize that a few short hours afterwards, she’d receive the worst phone call of her life. “I got in my car and plugged my phone in and it just went absolutely ballistic,” she continues, adding that her phone had gone flat overnight. “I had to pull over…