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Forests are essential for life on Earth. Because they produce oxygen and help regulate the balance of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the atmosphere, for...
Editor’s note: This is the second of three articles on the role of social movements in bringing about transformative change. The U.S. and many other s...
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The human capacity for invention is unparalleled. We have developed technologies that have allowed us to survive and thrive far beyond the ecological ...
Scientific breakthroughs about human origins have captured the curiosity of audiences eager to learn more about the past. We are entering a new phase,...
Our investigation of the disastrous society-wide collapses of four premodern polities, China’s Ming Dynasty, the South Asian Mughal Empire, the High R...
The summer of 2023 was intense: deadly wildfires, massive storms, and record-breaking heat. Although scientists exercise great care before linking ind...
Ancient human retrovirus DNA could be one of the markers of susceptibility to mental illness—specifically schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major d...
