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Advances in ancient DNA analysis gave researchers a new way to trace the movements of peoples across Eurasia.
De-extinction, if it is ever possible, will not be simple.
The story of China is the story of global economics.
In New Zealand, ambitious Kiwis want to launch a lawn mowing business; in South Africa, it’s cooking gas refills. Start-up dreams vary widely.
The World Air Quality Index shows how clean your city’s air is, in real time.
Could Russia’s plan actually destroy demand for natural gas?
A global survey shows the majority of countries favor Android over iPhone.
We pretend as if economic sanctions are a peaceful way to coerce others into behaving. In reality, they are a potent tool of modern warfare.
Well preserved coffins hint towards more discoveries in a famed necropolis.
In the pursuit of happiness, money probably trumps meaning.
Humanity is poised to pass the 8 billion milestone mid-November, but population growth is actually slowing down.
To Vladimir Putin, a young KGB colonel at the time, the decision was a colossal mistake.
In some countries, people want more freedom of speech. In others, they feel that there is too much.
‘Battlefield maps’ show continent under attack from hostile invaders.
To the ancient Greeks, exotic animals were proof of mythological creatures. To the ancient Romans, they were oddities and adversaries.
This century alone has already had a couple of Onesdays (1/11/11 and 11/11/11).
In 1054, a core-collapse supernova occurred 6500 light-years away. In 2023, JWST imaged the remnant, and might solve a massive mystery.
Alibaba has played a key role in China’s meteoric economic rise.
UAE is the world’s most expensive country to start a business, but it’s free in Rwanda.
Today, every Homo species is extinct besides humans. But one of our close evolutionary relatives still lives on in our DNA.
Awe-inspiring moments can be found in our daily lives, and they have surprising benefits for our health and sense of well-being.
The texts were previously thought to be blank and were cut up for materials studies.
Using the Book of Mormon as a sacred but ambiguous atlas, the Latter-day Saints have been looking for the lost city of Zarahemla for decades.
A cartogram makes it easy to compare regional and national GDPs at a glance.
From the Notre Dame to Buddhist statues, dozens of irreplaceable artifacts are destroyed every year by both man and nature.
For relatives who live far apart, holiday rituals may be the glue that holds the family together.
Reject your Mental Map Oversimplifications.
A Harvard professor’s study discovers the worst year to be alive.
When you turn a map of East Asia upside down, Beijing’s geographic constraints and regional ambitions become much clearer.