Archaeologists from the Margulan Institute of Archaeology and the German Institute of Archaeology are conducting the first ever large-scale study of Dzhetyasar culture sites in Kazakhstan. The Dzhetyasar culture emerged…
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Hittite seals and tablets among new finds at Kayalıpınar
Archaeologists excavating the Hittite settlement of Kayalıpınar in Türkiye’s Sivas’ Yıldızeli district have unearthed a trove of cuneiform tablets and seal impressions. The Hittites were an Anatolian people that established…
Vaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of context
Trump officials intend to link 25 child deaths to COVID-19 vaccines, according to reporting from The Washington Post. These findings will reportedly be discussed during the Sept. 18-19, 2025, meeting…
Scientists find cell surface sugar that slows pancreatic cancer in mice—and it’s detectable in patient blood samples
Antithrombin (red) in human pancreatic cells. Credit: Salk Institute Pancreatic cancer has the highest mortality rate of all major cancers, and its incidence is climbing. Because it is typically asymptomatic…
Calling deaths ‘preventable’ can obscure barriers to health care access and shift blame to individuals
Each year in the U.S., tens of thousands of deaths are categorized as “preventable” — meaning, in theory, they did not need to happen. A missed cancer screening, a fatal…
New personalized risk score could improve ovarian cancer detection
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed and validated a new tool that could help GPs detect ovarian cancer earlier and improve patient outcomes…
Bout of cystitis may signal presence of urogenital cancers in middle-aged adults
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A bout of the common bladder infection, cystitis, may signal the presence of urogenital cancers—which affect parts of the body involved in reproduction and excretion—in middle-aged…
Olmec rubber balls preserved with anoxia technology
Researchers from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have developed a new anoxia technique to preserve ancient Olmec rubber balls found in southern Veracruz. The Olmec are the…
Sustainable, plant-based diet benefits both human and planetary health, study finds
This graphic was prepared by EAT and is included in an adapted summary of the Commission Food in The Anthropocene: the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems.…
