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How Ancient Diets Shaped Our Brains

Early hominins may have bashed bones to harvest fatty nutrients from marrow and brains, creating a cerebral expansion that kickstarted evolution.

As relations between the U.S. and Iran grow increasingly fraught, looking back at one of the watershed moments in the countries shared history.

A combination of a decaying subway system, low gas prices, and ride-hailing services has made traffic in Manhattan worse than ever.

A new report accuses European companies of importing illegally harvested wood from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Warmer waters in the region lead to an increased threat of cold-stunning because turtles stick around longer before heading south.

The #trashtag challenge inspired people to clean up beaches, parks, rivers, or just random trash strewn on the street.

The storm provides a grim prospect of the future of tropical cyclones in a region under continued threat from climate change.

Advocates have raised concerns that this approach can stigmatize people with mental illness as if they're inherently violent.

A recent study shows that, while intact forests are playing a large role in absorbing CO2, it's only a fraction of the amount human activity creates.

The move proposed by conservatives in El Salvador's parliament has outraged the families of victims and leaders in the Roman Catholic Church.