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The –est Archaeology

The oldest known astrolabe was used on one of Vasco da Gama’s ships

A navigational device for taking altitudes at sea was found in a Portuguese shipwreck in the Arabian Sea and dates back to 1496.

By Bruce Bower | 6:00am, March 22, 2019

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Ancestry

News | Ancestry

Ancient DNA suggests people settled South America in at least 3 waves

By Tina Hesman Saey | 9:00am, November 09, 2018

News in Brief | Ancestry

Meet the first known child of a Neandertal and a Denisovan

By Tina Hesman Saey | 1:00pm, August 22, 2018

News | Ancestry

The ‘language gene’ didn’t give humans a big leg up in evolution

By Tina Hesman Saey | 7:00am, August 03, 2018
Anthropology

News | Anthropology

The rise of farming altered our bite and changed how people talk

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, March 14, 2019

Reviews & Previews | Anthropology

‘Skeleton Keys’ unlocks the history and mysteries of bones

By Sid Perkins | 6:00am, March 08, 2019

News | Anthropology

Human encroachment threatens chimpanzee culture

By Sujata Gupta | 2:44pm, March 07, 2019
Archaeology

The –est | Archaeology

A 2,000-year-old tattoo tool is the oldest in western North America

By Bruce Bower | 4:00pm, March 04, 2019

News in Brief | Archaeology

Ancient Angkor’s mysterious decline may have been slow, not sudden

By Bruce Bower | 3:00pm, February 25, 2019

News in Brief | Archaeology

Tooth plaque shows drinking milk goes back 3,000 years in Mongolia

By Carolyn Gramling | 7:00am, February 17, 2019
History of Science

Reviews & Previews | History of Science

How a tiger transforms into a man-eater

By Sarah Zielinski | 7:00am, March 19, 2019

Context | History of Science

Top 10 science anniversaries to celebrate in 2019

By Tom Siegfried | 8:00am, February 24, 2019

Reviews & Previews | History of Science

‘Beyond Weird’ and ‘What Is Real?’ try to make sense of quantum weirdness

By Tom Siegfried | 8:00am, January 06, 2019
Human Evolution

News in Brief | Human Evolution

Hominids may have hunted rabbits as far back as 400,000 years ago

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, March 06, 2019

News | Human Evolution

African hominid fossils show ancient steps toward a two-legged stride

By Bruce Bower | 11:11am, February 22, 2019

News | Human Evolution

New dates narrow down when Denisovans and Neandertals crossed paths

By Bruce Bower | 1:00pm, January 30, 2019
Language

News | Language

Artificial intelligence is learning not to be so literal

By Maria Temming | 6:00am, February 05, 2019

News | Language

Here’s what makes satire so funny, according to science

By Maria Temming | 2:39pm, February 01, 2019

News | Language

Huge ‘word gap’ holding back low-income children may not exist after all

By Bruce Bower | 5:30am, September 04, 2018
Networks

The List | Networks

Ask AI: How not to kill online conversations

By Maria Temming | 9:00am, January 03, 2018

The Science Life | Networks

Balloons will broadcast the 2017 solar eclipse live from on high

By Lisa Grossman | 1:30pm, July 26, 2017

Feature | Networks

Big biological datasets map life's networks

By Laurel Hamers | 10:00am, October 19, 2016
Psychology

Reviews & Previews | Psychology

‘Mama’s Last Hug’ showcases the emotional lives of animals

By Erin Wayman | 6:00am, February 26, 2019

News | Psychology

STEM professors’ beliefs on intelligence may widen the racial achievement gap

By Bruce Bower | 2:00pm, February 15, 2019

News | Psychology

Why it’s key to identify preschoolers with anxiety and depression

By Sujata Gupta | 7:00am, February 03, 2019
Science & Society

News | Science & Society

The learning gap between rich and poor students hasn’t changed in decades

By Sujata Gupta | 10:11am, March 19, 2019

Exhibit | Science & Society

A new T. rex exhibit takes a deep dive into the iconic dinosaur

By Carolyn Gramling | 7:00am, March 15, 2019

News | Science & Society

Students worldwide are striking to demand action on climate change

By Kathiann Kowalski | 8:00am, March 14, 2019

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