Scientists Found a Gene That Causes Mental Conditions—and the Molecule That May Treat Them

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Hoka Makes Camp Shoes As Good As Its Running Shoes

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A Hidden Split in Our Ancestry Changes Our Understanding of Early Human Movement

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The 5 Best Soundbars Deliver Cinema-Grade Home Audio

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The Battery That Will Finally Unlock Massless Energy Storage

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Archaeologists Opened an Ancient Tomb—and Found a Story of Royal Tragedy

A crown was left with the deceased, but its position indicated her reign may not have ended the way she would have liked.

Ancient Cliffside Coffins Held the Remains of a Lost People. DNA Evidence Says They’re Still Here.

The modern-day Bo people of southeastern China have long maintained that they had no connection to those inside the hanging coffins.
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A Lost Observatory Just Emerged From the Desert—And It May Be the Oldest in the Americas

Nearby what was thought to be the oldest known astrological observatory in the Western Hemisphere, archaeologists discovered one even older. The site in the Casma Valley of Peru could be centuries ...