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Heat-reddened clay, fire-cracked stone, and fragments of pyrite mark where Neanderthals gathered around a campfire 400,000 ...

Astronomers are a step closer to cracking one of the secrets of dark energy—the mysterious force believed to be causing the universe's accelerated expansion.

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The Indus Valley civilization, located in present-day Pakistan and India, went through four periods of intense drought, which ...

Survival sandbox game Soulmask will leave Early Access and launch for PC via Steam in spring 2026 alongside the Ancient Egypt-themed downloadable content “Shifting Sands,” publisher ...