Just as human beings diversified so that people in Asia look different from people in Europe, so too did their microbiomes.
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More than 1,000 years ago, Mesoamerican societies conducted one of history's most interesting experiments in commodity money.
Exceptionally high-quality videos allow scientists to formally introduce a remarkable new comb jelly.
HaptX gloves provide high-fidelity touch feedback of virtual spaces (and they look cool, too).
Recasting the iconic Carrington Event as just one of many superstorms in Earth’s past, scientists reveal the potential for even more massive eruptions from the sun.
A 19th-century surveying mistake kept lumberjacks away from what is now Minnesota's largest patch of old-growth trees.
Some fish evolved legs and walked onto the land. Right?
There were at least eight other human species, some of whom existed for far longer than we have. Who were they?
1859's Carrington event gave us a preview of how catastrophic the Sun could be for humanity. But it could get even worse than we imagined.
Neuroscience supports the notion that an escape from conventional perspectives can be a gateway to spectacular insights.
We were not born to stagnate — the point of life (and work) is to go somewhere.
'Six Persimmons,' an ink painting by the Chinese monk Mu Qi, has long been hailed as the poster child of Zen Buddhism. But is its reputation deserved?
Science and the sacred both allow us to retain our sense of wonder, even as disaster seems to swirl around us.
Exile is a kind of death of who you once were.
A classical equivalent to Chanel No. 5.
What Odysseus needed from his father was something more important: the comfort of being a son.
Singapore is a breeding ground of truly green buildings.
Success is about give and take — with a little more give.
Almost all royal lines try to legitimize their rule with legendary origin stories. Here are five of the strangest examples.
The German-American cartoonist introduced the idea that Santa Claus traveled with a sleigh and reindeer.
How would you feel about working like a Lutheran or a Cistercian?
He was also a eugenicist — but at least he could draw pretty pictures.
At least one of Earth's creatures is able to survive the vacuum of space.
The stench of death is actually fairly pleasant.
The laws of physics state that you can't create or destroy matter without also creating or destroying an equal amount of antimatter. So how are we here?
Although early Earth was a molten hellscape, once it cooled, life arose almost immediately. That original chain of life remains unbroken.
Fire was crucial to the evolution of human technology. That's why alien species stuck in the "oxygen bottleneck" may be forever primitive.
Perfectionism is on the rise, and its consequences for mental health can be devastating. The Japanese philosophy of "wabi sabi" can help.