Learn about Flagstones, a circular enclosure in southern Britain that is now dated to around 3200 B.C.E The site, which was used for ancient burials, now predates Stonehenge.
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Microplastics Are in Our Air — Turns Out, It Isn’t All the Ocean’s Fault
Learn about the source of airborne microplastics, which were not, for the most part, introduced into the air by the ocean, as previous studies seem to suggest.
New Fossil Discovery Reveals Surprising Insights into Prehistoric Human Behavior
Learn more about how a recent fossil discovery has added a new species to the list of prehistoric humans who walked on two legs.
The Antarctic Ozone Hole Is Under Repair Thanks to Reduced CFCs
Learn about the ozone hole above Antarctica that is now confirmed to be shrinking due to reductions of harmful chlorofluorocarbons in the atmosphere.
Aspirin Might Be the Next Big Thing in Fighting the Spread of Cancer
Learn how a staple from our medicine cabinet has the potential to support the immune system in combating metastatic cancer.
Certain Medical Treatments Could One Day Slow Biological Aging
Learn more about the external factors that may cause you to age faster and the medical advancements that may help slow the aging process.
Brain Imaging During Critical Midlife Window Could Catch Cognitive Decline
Learn more about how identifying biomarkers through neuroimaging could prompt us to feed our brain to prevent neuronal starvation.
Hominins Made Bone Tools 1.5 Million Years Ago, Hinting At Abstract Thought
Learn more about the earliest “factory” of bone tools ever discovered, which saw the systematic shaping of bone some 1 million years before other such “factories.”
Advanced Robotic Surgeries are Minimally Invasive, Helping Patients Heal Faster
Learn more about robotic surgeries and how they’re helping make procedures easier for doctors and patients.
Ancient Frogs Survived Earth’s Greatest Mass Extinction Event by Not Adapting
Learn why the temnospondyls’ inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene.