News

  1. Climate

    Development near natural areas puts more Californians in the path of wildfires

    As urbanization extends its reach into once-natural areas, more homes and people are at risk from wildfires.

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  2. Genetics

    Coffee or tea? Your preference may be written in your DNA

    Coffee or tea is a bitter choice, a taste genetics study suggests.

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  3. Earth

    A massive crater hides beneath Greenland’s ice

    The discovery of a vast crater in Greenland suggests that a 1-kilometer-wide asteroid hit the Earth between 2.6 million and 11,700 years ago.

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  4. Anthropology

    Skull damage suggests Neandertals led no more violent lives than humans

    Neandertals’ skulls suggest they didn’t lead especially injury-prone lives.