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Learn about the collection of ritualistic items unearthed at the largest and oldest known Maya monument, Aguada Fénix.

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Learn more about the connection between nighttime light exposure and heart disease, and how you can help protect yourself.

A 14th-century teenager died from the Black Death in Edinburgh. Learn how researchers discovered the pathogen in his teeth, ...

Learn more about the ways viral infections can impact people with and without chronic diseases.

Learn more about Maya daykeepers and how they created lunar calendar tables to predict celestial events.