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20/07/2021 - 13:03

Here, archaeologists might refer to ‘diffusion’ among the groups, a vague 19th-century term suggesting that the movement of cultural... →

11/07/2021 - 13:56

I was returning to London, where the leader of the Labour party was protesting that he was the victim of prejudice, had always... →

05/07/2021 - 13:28

Those extensive viral regions are much more than evolutionary relics: They may be deeply involved with a wide range of diseases including... →

28/06/2021 - 13:06

Francesco d’Errico, an archaeologist at the University of Bordeaux, France, has an idea about the marks. He has examined many ancient... →

23/06/2021 - 11:40

Sworn to secrecy about their true identities for their own safety, these brave young men assumed English noms de guerre. Only one person, a... →

16/06/2021 - 11:40

eople often feel that they can intuitively recognize whether something is alive, but nature is filled with entities that flout easy... →

10/06/2021 - 15:41

Most countries simply don’t have enough vaccines to go around, and even in the lucky few with an ample supply, too many people are refusing... →

05/06/2021 - 13:53

Capitalism has fuelled the industrial, technological and green revolutions, reshaped the natural world and transformed the role of the... →

31/05/2021 - 12:30

The programme explores China’s increasing use of AI to monitor its citizens. Critics fear the state's dominance in the area could threaten... →

26/05/2021 - 12:55

The State Department had sent him as a special emissary to investigate the conditions in the camps that were hastily being organized to... →

13/05/2021 - 12:06

For some, positivity has been essential to coping with the crisis – many have relished a chance to slow down and reevaluate, felt grateful... →

05/05/2021 - 17:13

This leaves some people far better off than others, of course—and it leaves many quite satisfied. But even the smug have cause for worry—... →

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