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US reports 1st outbreak of 'highly pathogenic' H5N9 virus in poultry. Should we worry?
A strain of bird flu never seen before in the United States has been detected among poultry at a Cal ...View More
12 pivotal moments in the history of robotics, from Isaac Asimov to self-driving cars
Few technologies have captured the human imagination in quite the same way as robots. The idea of ma ...View More
Dolní Vĕstonice Portrait Head: The oldest known human portrait in the world
Name: Dolní Vĕstonice Portrait HeadWhat it is: A face carved out of mammoth ivoryWhere it is from: T ...View More
Ice age Europeans as young as 10 years old rocked cheek piercings 30,000 years ago
Strange, flat patches on the teeth of ancient Europeans have puzzled archaeologists for centuries. B ...View More
Human evolution quiz: What do you know about Homo sapiens?
Ever since Charles Darwin detailed the mechanism of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, ...View More
7,000-year-old bone holds 3 arrowheads with mixed poisons — the oldest of their kind on record
In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belong ...View More
Space photo of the week: James Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to solve 'impossible' planet mystery
What it is: An open cluster of stars called NGC 346Where it is: 210,000 light-years away, in the con ...View More
Earth's crust is peeling away under California
Beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains, the crust is peeling away.This process, called lithosp ...View More
7 haunting caves ancient humans used for art, burials and butchering
Caves are natural shelters. Throughout our history, humans have made extensive use of them as spaces ...View More
It's tough to resist scratching an itch — and evolution may be to blame
It's tough to resist scratching an itch — and there might be an evolutionary reason for that, a new ...View More
