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US drinking plunges: Nearly half of Americans say they don’t drink
A majority, 53%, now say moderate drinking is bad for health, up from 28% in 2015.
Dolphins aren't just hitching rides - some humpbacks play back
The Missing Link? Mysterious Unnamed Human Ancestor Found Near Lucy Site
Your Cat Might Be the Key to Curing Alzheimer’s - Here’s Why Alzheimer’s Scientists Are Excited
Vanishing Lake Reveals Lost Easter Island Moai - Even the Ancestors Didn't Know It Was There
Archaeologist Terry Hunt warns that the small statue found may signal dozens of hidden statues beneath the dried mud and plans to use ground-penetrating radar to locate them.
Tel Aviv University Zvi Meitar Center for Advanced Legal Studies honors 11 new Ph.D.'s
Tel Aviv University’s Buchmann Faculty of Law Celebrates a New Generation of Legal Scholars Who Embody the Vision and Values of Zvi Meitar
Ancient Tennis-Ball-Eyed Predator Whale Discovered on Australian Coast
"We know from the fossils that it had a mouth full of very pointed and sharp teeth," said Duncan of Museums Victoria.
Secrets of the Arene Candide Cave: How Ancient Europeans Practiced Body Art
“Strategies of body transformation and the construction of social identity were already part of the human experience in Europe more than twelve thousand years ago” a researcher said.
Harvard researcher: Ancient livestock may have carried plague across Eurasia
Study by Max Planck Institute and partners detects the late neolithic bronze age plague strain in a 4,000-year-old Arkaim sheep, linking human and animal infections.
66-Year Antarctic Mystery Solved: Missing Meteorologist Recovered after Glacier Melt
DNA tests matched bone fragments to the meteorologist's brother: “After so many years, I can finally say: Dennis has come home.”
Microscopic Clues Rewrite History of Bronze Production in the Biblical Highlands
Analysis of 3,000-year-old smelting droplets shows copper from Timna and Feinan was alloyed with tin at a mountain site in Samaria, revealing a budding regional trade and technology network.
Sleep Apnea Breakthrough: Could Conch Power Be the Answer?
Participants who practiced shankh blowing were 34% less sleepy during the day.
How LiDAR Shattered Maya Population Myths: A 45% Increase Revealed
"We expected a modest increase in population estimates from our 2018 lidar analysis, but seeing [this] jump was truly surprising."
Did Divers Stumble Upon an 18-Century Pirate Ship?
East Carolina University researchers say uniquely preserved timber from spanish colonial trees and an eighteenth century cannon recovered nearby support identification as La Fortuna.
Beach of Bones: Archaeologists Dig Up 3,000-Year-Old Mass Sacrifice Site North of Lima
Some of the 14 bodies were found face down with their hands tied behind their backs near a Cupisnique ritual temple.