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Metals reveal trade in Bronze Age more connected than previously thought

In the Bronze Age, the so-called Nuraghe culture flourished in Sardinia. A culture that is known for tower-like stone ...

Robert Redford dead: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid film icon dies at 89

Oscar-winning actor Robert Redford has died at the age of 89 as tributes pour in for the Hollywood icon, known for roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting ...

The city leading China’s charge to pull ahead in AI

HANGZHOU, China—China is racing to develop world-leading artificial-intelligence technology. This city is paving the way. More than two decades ago, Jack Ma launched Alibaba from a small apartment ...

Inquiry into the history of science shows an early 'inherence' bias

Early scientific theories—such as those explaining basic phenomena like gravity, burning, and the movement of molecules in ...

Scientists detected a potential biosignature on Mars – an astrobiologist explains what these traces of life are, and how researchers figure out their source

A biosignature is any characteristic, element, molecule, substance or feature that serves as evidence for past or present ...

How the US became a science superpower

America is awesome at science. For as long as most of us have been alive, United States scientists have published more ...