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The Artemis II crew has now broken the record — previously held by Apollo 13 — for the farthest distance any humans have ever ...

Early humans were quarrying stone in southern Africa over 200,000 years ago, reveals new research. People quarried rocks for ...

Pensacola Mayor D.C. Reeves says he doesn't see the public benefit in granting a $58 million tax rebate to a downtown Reverb ...

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Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth. These ...

For all of the great optimistic and party-led cuts from the rock genre, some artists have created songs that will leave any ...

As long as 220,000 years ago—far earlier than previously thought—people quarried rocks for their tools in places they ...