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A Thanksgiving history lesson, in a handful of corn

A Thanksgiving history lesson, in a handful of corn

The cornmeal that has become a staple of the holiday table reflects millenniums of work by Native Americans — a legacy that Indigenous people are trying to keep alive.
As Earth warms, human history is melting away

As Earth warms, human history is melting away

Climate change is revealing long-frozen artifacts and animals to archaeologists. But the window for study is slender and shrinking.
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Melting glaciers have exposed frozen relics of World War I

Artifacts from the White War — a battle between Italian and Austro-Hungarian troops that took place in the forbidding heights of the Alps — are on their way to a museum.
How do you know when society is about to fall apart?
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How do you know when society is about to fall apart?

Meet the scholars who study civilizational collapse.
The Roman Republic was teetering. Then a volcano erupted 6,000 miles away
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The Roman Republic was teetering. Then a volcano erupted 6,000 miles away

Scientists have linked historical political instability to a number of volcanic events, the latest involving an eruption in the Aleutian Islands.
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Saving Scotland’s heritage from the rising seas
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Saving Scotland’s heritage from the rising seas

Citizens and scientists on the Orkney Islands are racing to protect thousands of ancient structures threatened by climate change.
Faced with drought, the Pharaohs tried (and failed) to adapt
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Faced with drought, the Pharaohs tried (and failed) to adapt

Ancient Egyptian leaders increased their empire's grain production and crossbred cattle for resilience in an early effort to ward off climate disaster, a study shows. Even with preparation, however, the Egyptian empire ultimately collapsed.

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