The “natural kiln hypothesis” argues that intense wildfires taught prehistoric humans that fire hardened clay—and that this ...

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You don’t need a massive budget to give your home a layered, seasonal look for fall. Target is selling seasonal pieces that ...

Neolithic archaeological site in Upper Mesopotamia (al-Jazira) in modern-day Turkey. The settlement was inhabited from around 9500 BCE to at least 8000 BCE, during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic. It is ...

The world is a fascinating place. We're walking around in bodies that breathe and pump blood. We live on a planet that grows food and is full of fresh water, all underneath a sun that warms us from ...

As the U.S. marks 250 years, we’re diving into the early American art world—and the figures the spotlight missed—who are finally getting their due. Read about the women artists of the American West, ...

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The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desk has had a busy 2025: Our writers have spent the year probing the limits of human consciousness and gene-editing technology, studying the ubiquity of ...