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2023-12-01 . . Neanderthals: More knowable now than ever They have held our fascination ever since we first identified their remains. Today, thanks to new artifacts and technologies, findings about our closest relatives are coming thick and fast. By Tim Vernimmen Neanderthals are Homo sapiens’s closest-known relative, and today we know we rubbed shoulders […]
2023-10-30 Quick Genetic Test Offers Hope for Sick, Undiagnosed Kids. But Few Insurers Offer to Pay. Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News Just 48 hours after her birth in a Seattle-area hospital in 2021, Layla Babayev was undergoing surgery for a bowel obstruction. Two weeks later, she had another emergency surgery, and then developed […]
Happy Fourth of July 2023 By Editorial Team Source Wikimedia Commons The Fourth of July, also known as Independence Day, is a significant holiday in the United States, celebrated annually on the 4th of July. It commemorates the day when the thirteen American colonies declared their independence from British rule […]
2022-10-20 From Black Death to COVID-19, pandemics have always pushed people to honor death and celebrate life Death waits for no man – and pandemics drive the point home. Pieter Brueghel the Elder: ‘The Triumph of Death’, CC BY Nükhet Varlik, Rutgers University – Newark After the last couple of Halloweens were plagued by doubt and […]
The tale of the domesticated horse The beloved animal has shaped human history over millennia, just as people have influenced its evolution — but only recently have scientists discovered exactly when and where it went from wild to tame By Amber Dance They say dogs are man’s best friend, but horses could also claim […]
The first Thanksgiving is a key chapter in America’s origin story – but what happened in Virginia four months later mattered much more In the 19th century, there was a campaign to link the Thanksgiving holiday to the Pilgrims. Bettman/Getty Images Peter C. Mancall, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This year marks the […]
(StatePoint) While life around the globe has changed significantly since the Peace Corps was founded 60 years ago, the agency’s mission to promote world peace and friendship between Americans and people around the world has not. Established by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, via Executive Order, the concept for the public service […]