People have been modifying Earth – as in these rice terraces near Pokhara, Nepal – for millennia.
Erle C. Ellis
Ben Marwick, University of Washington; Erle C. Ellis, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Lucas Stephens, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History; Nicole Boivin, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Hundreds of archaeologists provided on-the-ground data from across the globe, providing a new view of the long and varied history of people transforming Earth's environment.
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Reading and writing can prevent cognitive decline.
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Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
As we get older, our eyesight may dim and our recall may falter. But our linguistic abilities don't seem to erode.
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Ashima Krishna, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In up-and-coming neighborhoods, old churches are often converted to apartments or offices. But what about the vacant or underused churches in areas that aren't attractive to developers?
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Eliga Gould, University of New Hampshire
The Framers of the Constitution knew their history, and sought to learn from it – and only to repeat the parts they liked.
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Bill Sullivan, Indiana University
A new study of nearly 500,000 individuals finds that many genes affect same-sex behavior, including newly identified candidates that may regulate smell and sex hormones.
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