Earliest African cremation was 9,500 years ago

New findings prompt a rethinking of group labor and ritual in ancient hunter-gatherer communities. [...]

Explanation for why we don't see two-foot-long dragonflies anymore fails

Breathing capacity could have compensated for lower atmospheric oxygen. [...]

You Should Be More Freaked Out by Shingles

The viral infection leaves millions with chronic pain, increased stroke risk, and lifelong nerve damage—yet vaccination rates remain dangerously low. [...]

The Pelvic Floor Is a Problem

Everyone’s suddenly obsessed with the pelvic floor—physical therapists, MAHA influencers, me. Could this deeply misunderstood body part really be the seat of so much modern dysfunction? [...]

"Million-year-old" fossil skulls from China are far older—and not Denisovans

The revised age may help make sense of 2-million-year-old stone tools elsewhere in China. [...]

Cloning Came to Polo. Then Things Got Truly Uncivilized

A polo legend and a businessman joined forces to copy the player’s greatest horse. But with a single clone worth $800,000, some technologies are a breeding ground for betrayal. [...]

DNA links modern pueblo dwellers to Chaco Canyon people

People in Picuris Pueblo wanted to know how they got there, contacted researchers. [...]

'47 Ronin' director found guilty of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million

A director who was charged with defrauding Netflix out of millions of dollars has been found guilty, Business Insider reports. Carl Rinsch, director of the 2013 Keanu Reeves movie 47 Ronin, now faces [...]

Trump throws coal a lifeline, but the energy industry has moved on

The US market has been moving away from coal for decades. [...]