Rice is difficult to grow in the Pacific, so how did it end up in a cave? Archaeologists reveal the hidden history of this ancient and well-travelled grain.
Sean G. Massey, Binghamton University, State University of New York; Casey W. Adrian, Cornell University, and Eden Lowinger, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Despite funding cuts, political scapegoating and internal tensions, thousands of volunteers came together in the 1980s to provide care to a stigmatized community.
Andean people of the past looked at these strings as a record of the climate, and they studied them to understand patterns.
An illustration from a 15th-century manuscript showing the coronation of the first king of Poland, Boleslaw I.
Chronica Polonorum by Mathiae de Mechovia
New genetic research has traced the paternal line of Poland’s first royal dynasty, challenging long-held national traditions about the origins of the Piasts.
Even bivalves looked different during the time of the dinosaurs, as these fossils of an ultra-fortified oyster, left, and armored cockle show.
Smithsonian Institution
Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.
George Orwell’s ‘1984’ has some lessons for 2025.
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Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history. George Orwell − who wrote, ‘Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.“ − would recognize that impulse.
Camille Flammarion’s work imagined what might exist beyond Earth in the universe.
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In the 19th century, astronomers could see Mars through telescopes, but not clearly. Some used their imaginations to fill in what the blurry images couldn’t convey.
Kris Jenner’s ‘new’ face sparked myriad headlines about how she can look so good at 69. It’s the latest iteration of our obsession with people who appear ageless.
Saint Fredianus diverts the Serchio River by Filippo Lippi, 1438.
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