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Learn how Bronze- and Iron-Age people made choices about which crops to prioritize in the Eastern Mediterranean, considering the crops’ resilience, moisture requirements, and profitability through periods of climatic change.

Frequent Volcano Eruptions Can Wipe Out Plant Species, But Also Help Them Evolve and Thrive

Aristotle Discovered the World Is Round – One of the First Important Scientific Theories

A Comet Explosion May Have Killed Megafauna in North America 13,000 Years Ago

Gaslighters Take Over the Learning Process, Making Their Targets Question Themselves

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Fish do pee
Fish Pee Like Us to Regulate Their Bodily Fluids – They Also Poop and Fart
Moon drifting further from Earth
The Moon Is Moving Farther From Earth Each Year, and Tides Are the Reason
Neuropixels probe rig used as part of the Allen Institute's OpenScope program
Laser Beams to the Brain Help Us Understand How We Perceive Illusions
Man reclining on his couch listening to vinyl records through headphones
As We Age, Nostalgia Rather Than Trends Controls the Music We Enjoy
a gray tabby cat with a yellow collar opening wide to chomp down on some grass
Cats May Eat Grass to Clear Hairballs, Like Unclogging a Drain
Woman putting in eye drops
Eye Drops May One Day Replace Reading Glasses, and Could Help Our Vision as we Age
Eating fast food
A Few Days of Fatty Foods Can Disrupt Your Memory, Causing Cognitive Impairment
Neanderthal skull in a museum
Humans Outlived Neanderthals Likely Because of Differences in Anatomy and Social Skills
Smelling and tasting food
Turns Out Some Smells May Be Processed in the Same Brain Area as Taste
single falling star with trees in the background
Catch Shooting Stars During the Rare Chi Cygnid Meteor Shower This Weekend
Bleached coral on a reef
The Great Barrier Reef Experiences Largest Annual Decline in Nearly 40 Years
Uranus's moons in space
Uranus's Moons: All 29 Orbit on Their Sides at a Tilt, and Have Mysterious Features
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