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Stunning blue pigment on a 13,000-year-old artifact surprises scientists
At the Final Paleolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim in Germany, researchers from Aarhus University identified faint blue traces on a stone artifact that dates to roughly 13,000 years ago. After applying a variety of advanced scientific…
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Scientists uncover a volcanic trigger behind the Black Death
A study published in the scientific journal Communications Earth & Environment proposes that volcanic activity may have contributed to the rapid movement of the Black Death across medieval Europe. According to the researchers, cooling associated…
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Chatbots spew facts and falsehoods to sway voters
Laundry-listing facts rarely changes hearts and minds – unless a bot is doing the persuading.
Briefly chatting with an AI moved potential voters in three countries toward their less preferred candidate, researchers report December…
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How to Actually Combat Economic Inequality
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The gap between the haves and have-nots has grown even wider in recent decades…
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A lost Amazon world just reappeared in Bolivia
In September 2021, a team of specialists traveled to one of the least-documented areas of the Bolivian Amazon: the Great Tectonic Lakes of Exaltación in the department of Beni. The expedition, organized by the Grupo de Trabajo para los Llanos de…
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New 3D scan reveals a hidden network of moai carvers on Easter Island
A new study published November 26, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One reports that the well-known stone figures of Rapa Nui (Easter Island) were created by many separate carving groups. The research team, led by Carl Philipp Lipo of…
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Seven-year study uncovers the holy grail of beer brewing
For many people, a glass of beer feels incomplete without a thick, creamy layer of foam resting on top. Yet anyone who enjoys beer knows that this foam often disappears quickly, collapsing before the first sip. Some varieties, however, manage to…
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Gratitude increases joy
Gratitude is arguably as quintessential to Thanksgiving as turkey, cranberry sauce and the kumbaya story of Pilgrims and Native Americans coming together. The word “thanks” is, after all, right there in the holiday’s name. Yet if…
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Global surge in ultra-processed foods sparks urgent health warning
Experts from around the world are raising alarms about the rapid global rise of ultra-processed foods, warning that UPFs are reshaping diets and driving a surge in chronic health problems.
- A major three paper Series in The Lancet finds that…
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