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A newly discovered papyrus contains an eye-witness account of the gathering of materials for the Great Pyramid.

What made the Golden Age of Greece, and Western Civilization, possible? One author says “free trade”. 

The story of the 1920 law holding up relief efforts in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria.

A long-lost eight wonder of the world may have just been found in New Zealand.

How did New York end up there?

The jawbone scanned in the study is the oldest hominin fossil ever found.  

And how if you try this with someone shorter than you are, you’ll find it extra convincing! “I drive from Florida to California all the time, and it’s flat to […]

The Bella Bella Heiltsuk will use these findings in negotiations over their traditional lands.   

From inhospitable volcanoes to life so unique we discovered evolution there, the Galapagos is an incredible scientific story. “I was always amused when overtaking one of these great monsters [a […]

Life may not be a rarity after all, but the result of a certain set of conditions.  

Ravenser Odd is just one of 29 towns swallowed by the North Sea

Following hormonal biomarkers across a wide variety of species helped scientists piece it together.  

Shouldn’t that be Hindenburgburg, mate?

We should be exploring the oceans as seriously as we explore space.

A massive complex of ancient stone structures is uncovered in remote Kazakhstan.

Extreme “river in the sky” climate events nearly wiped out the local population of a keystone species, the Olympia oyster.

“No government is prepared,” The Economist reports.   

If global temperatures rise by just four degrees celsius, the forecast is cloudy with a chance of obliteration.

PTSD develops after a person experiences, or is a witness to, a life-threatening or traumatic event — a natural disaster, for example — or is exposed to combat, or sexual […]

Silicon Valley engineers and financiers make up the lion’s share of the movement.   

Colonizing Mars is a romantic notion but if it was possible, how would our bodies hold up and how would future generations evolve on a lower-gravity planet?

A new study finds that by having a plan B, we may unintentionally sabotage our initial plan.  

Big Think teams up with Hyper, a new premium video app that curates 10 videos each day, with no buffering or data depletion.

For nearly 50 years, a charred lump of Dead Sea Scrolls has been sitting in a lab, too brittle to unroll. Now it’s been virtually unwrapped using 3D technology, and the contents are intriguingly – and significantly – petty.

The sender didn’t have a name nor an address for his letter. So he drew a map instead.

Senator Cory Booker has long been an advocate of common sense gun reform that both parties can agree on. Unfortunately, the recent shooting in Orlando has again showcased government inaction.

The Global economic midpoint is returning to Asia – at increasing speed.

If perfected, Gene therapy promises to heal in one shot, without complications or side effects.   

The map of Spain is tattooed into the Catalan landscape, as indelible streets and avenues

Mass migration is nothing new; the ancestors of modern Europeans themselves came from the Middle East.