The oldest reference in the first known writing — cuneiform — was not about gods or kings, but about beer. Lots of it. It was ...

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Mar. 18, 2025 — Livestock agriculture is bearing the cost of extreme weather events. A new study explores how heat stress affects U.S. dairy production, finding that high heat and humidity lead ...

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More have also been found across the Aegean, Asia Minor, and Mesopotamia. Each depas goblet measures roughly 4.7–15.75 inches tall, and can hold between 0.25–1 liter of liquid. Today ...

The altar was built by the Ozieri culture, a hunter-gatherer Neolithic group that was slowly developing agriculture and animal husbandry across the island ... Anyone waiting for me to name-drop ...

Mar. 6, 2025 — Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was ...