A violent collision in the main asteroid belt may have sent debris raining across the inner solar system about 800 million years ago. The event could explain a long-debated spike in lunar impacts and ...

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What does it mean to be human? For a long time, the answer seemed clear. Our species, Homo sapiens—with our complex thoughts and deep emotions—were the only true humans to ever walk the Earth. Earlier ...

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Norse sails loomed off the shores of the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, along the northeastern coast of Great Britain, on June 8, 793. The seafaring invaders sacked the island’s undefended monastery. The ...