Essential Insights An infant buried in 4200-3900 B.C. Mesopotamia shows the oldest evidence of child abuse, with fractures and lesions…
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Summary Points Even a small reduction of 90 minutes in sleep over six weeks can lead to about a pound…
Fast Facts Our brains are wired for small, close-knit communities, but modern life’s vast, digital world causes a mismatch that…
Fast Facts New research shows that Clovis points found among Ice Age mammoth bones cannot definitively prove whether early people…
Essential Insights Dolphins in the northern Adriatic Sea now mostly follow trawlers, feeding on fish stirred up by nets rather…
Summary Points New research suggests artificial sweeteners may impair blood sugar control, challenging the idea they are a safe, calorie-free…
Summary Points The Earth’s ozone layer showed early signs of human-caused damage as far back as 1957, with initial depletion…
Summary Points A nearby “super Earth” called GJ 3378b, just 25 light-years away, may be more habitable than initially thought,…
Fast Facts Archaeological evidence suggests Homo floresiensis (hobbits) scavenged dwarf elephant bones rather than hunting big game, challenging prior assumptions…
Fast Facts Giraffes at a Spanish zoo demonstrated the ability to perform simple addition by correctly choosing larger food piles…