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Hidden high in the White Mountains of eastern California, a gnarled, weathered tree quietly holds a staggering secret — it’s nearly 5,000 years old.

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Nick Cave has shared a poignant reflection on the loss of his teenage son Arthur, 10 years since his death.

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The future is marked by deepening uncertainty about our place in it, and by growing ambiguity about the nature of human purpose itself.

VANCOUVER - The tiny beetle could scarcely have picked a worse human to fly into.

How a tree-killing beetle chose wrong human to fly into, revealing presence in B.C. Andrew Short's fortuitous encounter set in motion a chain reaction of research aimed at understanding and ...

A 140,000-year-old skull from Skhūl Cave in Israel shows both human and Neanderthal traits, sparking debate over whether it’s a hybrid or a new hominin species.