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A finger-sized clay cylinder from a tomb in northern Syria appears to be the oldest example of writing using an alphabet ...

Samples from the far side of the moon gathered by China’s Chang’e-6 mission record eons of tumultuous lunar history ...

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Oak trees have genetic flexibility that allows them to solve ecological problems. But even they will need our help to survive ...