Because of this, most archeologists long believed Mediterranean islands like Malta were some of the last wildernesses to ...

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In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

1975, Computer Chip: "Microprocessing unit if the Motorola microcomputer is an integrated circuit laid down on a single-crystal silicon chip 0.210 by 0.217 inch, enlarged in this image. The chip bears ...

Since the late 1800s, women have studied Ancient Egypt, but it wasn't always easy to enter the profession. Here are 8 trailblazers who led the way.

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and the current 2.3.4.4b version of the virus "has caused massive die-offs in many species of wild bird populations across the globe" in the past 3 years. "Bird experts are worried about ...

spurs some 300 similar raids on draft boards over the next four years. Andy Warhol is shot and critically wounded in his New York City loft by Valerie Solanas, apparently for losing a copy of a ...

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“His name is synonymous with science ... history’s “bad jokes.” But Einstein wasn’t complaining. His “handsome” pay, as he wrote a friend, was sufficient to support a wife and 4-year ...