Evangelicals in Brazil see abuse of God’s earth as a sin – but will they fight to save the Amazon?
Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University When the Brazilian city of São Paulo abruptly went dark at midday on Aug.
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Invasive grasses are fueling wildfires across the US
Emily Fusco, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Santa Ana winds that help drive fall and winter wildfires in California have
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Severed limbs and wooden feet: how the ancients invented prosthetics
Jane Draycott, University of Glasgow We are living through an incredibly exciting period for prosthetics. A pioneering brain computer interface
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Robots guarded Buddha’s relics in a legend of ancient India
Adrienne Mayor, Stanford University As early as Homer, more than 2,500 years ago, Greek mythology explored the idea of automatons
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The Dead Sea Scrolls are a priceless link to the Bible’s past
Daniel Falk, Pennsylvania State University Leer en español. The Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., has removed five Dead
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When – and why – did people first start using money?
Chapurukha Kusimba, American University Sometimes you run across a grimy, tattered dollar bill that seems like it’s been around since
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