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A groundbreaking study led by Bar-Ilan University reveals that starch-rich plants played a central role in the diet of ...

If you’ve ever walked along Trinity Street in Cambridge, you have likely passed a tree which is often the centre of a lot of ...

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the first paleoindians who set foot on the continent during the last ice age.

Physicists at the world's largest particle accelerator have made a first-of-its-kind discovery about antimatter that could help solve one of the universe's biggest mysteries.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

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