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A precise record of the last major reversal of the Earth's magnetic poles can be found in ancient trees. Researchers say this event 42,000 years ago had a huge impact on the planet and ancient humans.

The United States is a graying country; the median age is near 40. In many African countries, the median age is under 20, so it might behoove the world to…

In other parts of the developed world, midwives deliver a lot of babies... like in England, where half the births involve midwives. Here, not so much.…

The tech industry is so dominated by males that some people have taken to calling its workers "brogrammers." But a closer look reveals women who made key…

By 1900, the United States had some 210,000 one-room schools, at least 100 of them in Siskiyou County, Calif. The Yreka, Hawkinsville, and Cottonwood…

Twitter blocked hundreds of accounts the Indian government said were inciting violence. Then it unblocked them. Now it's stuck between Indian law and defending free speech.

The original Super Mario 3D World was one of the many good Wii U games that never got a chance, because no one bought the console. Now, it's getting a new lease on life as a Switch re-release.

Public health officials are being told Oregon's vaccine doses are stuck in Memphis and likely won't arrive this week.

A region normally warm and dry has received a rare blanket of snow, bringing snowball games and otherworldly images to city streets, religious shrines and archeological sites.

Perseverance landed safely on the red planet on Thursday, immediately getting to work with a first photo of the rover's "forever home."