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Carvings made on tools and sculptures more than 40,000 years ago may have been a precursor to written language, according to new research from Germany. Scientists analysed over 3,000 Stone Age signs ...

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In December 2005, a pumped-storage dam in Missouri released nearly 5 million cubic meters of water after a series of sensor ...

In a large room inside a Methodist church in a residential neighborhood, infants and toddlers sit in their caregivers’ laps, awaiting the start of their Tuesday morning music class. Everyone’s shoes ...