News
The repatriation and grisly history of the Smithsonian’s ‘racial brain’ collection
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The Smithsonian Institution will begin repatriating a collection of human brains collected unethically and with the intent of proving white superiority.
News
Honeybee enemy may offer a solution to plastic pollution
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The waxworm is a honeybee pest that may offer some new ways to manage plastic pollution.
Culture
The male hunter debunked: New research ends myth about hunter-gatherer sex roles
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New research takes a fresh look at existing data and busts the hunter-gatherer sex roles myth.
Europe
Study hints at when a common ancestor of Indo-European languages emerged
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New research suggests that the common ancestor of languages like Spanish, English and Hindi emerged about 8,000 years ago, resolving differences in two competing theories about the origin of Indo-European languages.
Middle East
Archeologists announce necromancy site near Jerusalem echoing the story of the Witch of Endor
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Research published yesterday describes evidence of necromancy performed by witches in an ancient cave site near Jerusalem