New cave evidence shows the Maya endured a devastating 13-year drought, helping explain why their once-thriving cities fell into decline. Credit: Shutterstock Deep inside a Mexican cave, a stalagmite has revealed that the Maya civilization faced repeated droughts so extreme that they may have altered history. Researchers discovered that wet-season rainfall failed for years at a time, including a staggering …
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A recent study published in the Journal of Human Evolution sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic fossils in human evolutionary history—the nearly complete cranium discovered in Petralona Cave, Greece, in 1960. For decades, this fossil has confounded researchers, with its unique characteristics suggesting that it belongs to the genus Homo, yet it does not neatly align with …
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Bitcoin (BTC) grew to account for about 1.7% of global money, a figure that includes aggregate M2 money supply data for all major fiat currencies, the largest minor currencies, and gold’s market cap, according to River, a Bitcoin financial services company. “In 16 years, Bitcoin went up to 1.7% of global money,” River said. The company weighed Bitcoin’s market cap …
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The 2025 college football season officially kicks off today, and it will be a season of change for fans and media alike. Next week, broadcast legend Lee Corso will take part in his final edition of ESPN’s College GameDay, the show that made him an icon over four decades of television. While there’s no College GameDay ahead the Week Zero …
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The 66-year-old actress shared an epic new image on her Instagram account that embodies her delightful personality. Standing in the middle of an elegantly designed pool, Tilly artfully crossed her arms over her bare breasts. The only thing she was wearing in the Aug. 18 post was a pair of quirky sunglasses, a flower in her hair, and a bold …
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Eight years after its initial launch, first-person extraction shooter Escape from Tarkov has a version 1.0 release date: November 15, 2025. That’s over eight years after Escape from Tarkov first entered beta, and 13 years after initial development began. Developer Battlestate Games announced the release date alongside patch notes for update 0.16.9.0, which serves as an “interim milestone” that brings …
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José Adorno for BGR Announced during the WWDC 2025 keynote, the iOS 26 software update has been in beta testing for almost three months now. Expected to be released around the same time as the iPhone 17, the beta cycle is nearly complete. iOS 26 brings an all-new design language with Liquid …
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If you backed Hollow Knight on Kickstarter in late 2014, developer Team Cherry has confirmed that you will receive a download code for Hollow Knight: Silksong. This promise also marks the first Kickstarter update in six years for the upcoming metroidvania game. The only caveat is that keys for Hollow Knight: Silksong will only be available on PC, Switch, and …
Read More »Dr. Kurt Hong, an obesity doctor, nutrition researcher, and professor of medicine and aging, takes leading a healthy lifestyle seriously. So far, it’s working. The 52-year-old father of three leads a full life and has no chronic health conditions. He told Business Insider that his most recent “biological age” tests, taken around 18 months ago, said he was 41, or …
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OULU, Finland (AP) — Finnish air guitarist Aapo “The Angus” Rautio plucked victory from thin air on Friday night, grabbing the world championship title for his homeland for the first time since 2000. This year’s Air Guitar World Championships reached the climax with a final Friday evening on a square in the western city of Oulu. It’s the 28th edition …
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