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The 2,000-year-old geoglyphs offer clues to the ancient Nazca people and their rituals.

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He helped bombard the Normandy coast during the legendary D-Day invasion. He witnessed the historic sinking of the USS ...

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An enduring symbol of Halloween, Frankenstein has become an iconic figure of horror since its origins in Mary Shelley’s 1818 ...

The U.S. life sciences development bubble burst at the start of 2024, and it is going to take some time simply to pick up the pieces. There are already signs of recovery for the new year, though.

A link exists between 6,000-year-old engravings on cylindrical seals used on clay tablets and cuneiform, the world’s oldest ...

As AI becomes more prevalent, organizations need to leverage the power of scope, scale, speed, and human-AI collaboration for ...

Before Mesopotamian people invented writing, they used cylinder seals to press patterns into wet clay – and some of the ...