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A Tsimane extended family gets ready for the morning, while a large pot of manioc roots cooks in preparation to make shocdye, a local fermented brew.

Gut microbes followed migrating humans across continents, new study suggests

New research looks at the surprising similarities in the gut microbiomes of hunter-gathers in Tanzania and horticulturalists in Bolivia, and asks: What role do these bacteria play in human health?

Josh Brolin as Thanos in Avengers: Endgame.

'Avengers: Endgame' takes the box office crown back from 'Avatar'

Endgame and Avatar have been jockeying for the title for years now.

David Flippo, the Republican candidate for Congress in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District, speaks during a primary election night watch party June 9, 2026, in Reno, Nev.

Carpetbagger allegation, misplaced valor make Nevada's safe red House seat competitive

Northern Nevada has a reliably red congressional seat, represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. A complicated candidate and a potential blue wave this year could change that.

Naman Shah examines a patient at Monrovia Health Center, a Los Angeles County public health clinic in Monrovia, California. Shah says reducing medical debt in the community will depend on effective prevention strategies, just as stopping the spread of infectious disease does.

Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix

In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can't pay.

Here are the finalists for the 2026 National Book Awards

Three-time National Book Award finalist Edwidge Danticat and debut novelist Morgan Thomas are up for the fiction prize. Nonfiction books cover the prison system and music, and queer parenthood.

The U.S. Capitol stands on Sept. 23 in Washington, D.C.

Democrats' advantage is clear with less than a month to go in the midterm elections

President Trump is facing low approval ratings, and voters are blaming him for rising costs. Republicans are likely to pay the price at the ballot box next month.

'The Disappearers' is a fiercely personal novel that hits like a tidal wave

Marlon James' new novel chronicles the events surrounding a vicious anti-gay attack in Jamaica in the late 1980s. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Disappearers churns with passion and ideas.

Josh Weil is the author of the novel, What Came West.

Josh Weil’s Gold Rush novel began as a love letter to the land

Ahead of an Ashland author talk, Josh Weil explains how the Sierra Nevada landscape, Nisenan history and natural world shaped his new novel.

Trees line a road inside Kibbutz Nir Oz in southern Israel on Aug. 31, 2026, amid efforts to rebuild communities near the Gaza border after the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7.

'We need to go. We need to help.' Israelis return to border to rebuild after Oct. 7

Three years after the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 emptied communities along Israel's border with Gaza, residents are returning and new families are moving in.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lays a wreath during a state memorial ceremony in memory of those killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel, at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem on Oct. 5.

3 years on, Israelis grapple with reports Netanyahu was warned before Oct. 7 attacks

On the three-year mark since the Hamas-led deadly attack, Israelis are grappling with reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was repeatedly warned by regional allies ahead of time.

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