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Nature, Published online: 28 October 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-03263-0 Fresh water in deserts often points to sites with signs of early humans and stone tools. But, in Arabia’s Rub’ al Khali region, water alone does not predict occupation.
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DNA evidence has conclusively linked serial killer Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of Melissa Ann Smith in Utah, solving a cold case after nearly 52 years.
Data centers require enormous investments: land, buildings, computer equipment and power infrastructure. Yet, once they're up and running, they tend to employ no more than a few dozen people in…
Women and children younger than 15 may have helped make China’s famous Terracotta Army, according to a new study that analyzed fingerprints preserved in the clay figures buried with Emperor Qin Shi…
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The 2026 Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change finds that many of the health risks and harms of climate change grew faster in the decade since the Paris Agreement was introduced…
When Americans hear of child soldiers, they may imagine tragic images of children wielding rifles on distant battlefields.
