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A puzzling mix of artifacts raises questions about Homo sapiens’ travels to China

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More than half a century ago, Chinese researchers uncovered thousands of pieces of an ancient cultural puzzle.

Their summertime excavation about halfway up a hill overlooking northern China’s Shiyu River unearthed sharp-edged flakes that had been rapidly pounded off small rocks, a common Stone Age practice in the region. Yet the same sediment also contained more complicated types of stone implements.

Another unexpected discovery, part of a round piece of graphite with a hole in its center, resembled a large

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Short questions with Dana Perino for Griff Jenkins

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You’ve seen us on screen, but have you ever wondered what we’re like off-camera?

For the last few months, I’ve enjoyed checking in with some of your favorite Fox personalities to learn more about who they are behind the scenes.

What’s the one thing Jesse Watters couldn’t live without? What’s Bill Hemmer’s favorite Halloween costume? And what’s sitting on Greg Gutfeld’s nightstand? 

But that’s not all! The fun is just getting started.

This week, we’re excited to shine the spotlight

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The Paris Olympics are 100 days away – Venues ready but questions over opening ceremony and security

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Follow The Athletic’s Olympics coverage here.

In 100 days, Paris will host the most famous sporting jamboree on the planet: the summer Olympic Games.

There will be action across 32 sports watched by millions of visitors, as well as an unprecedented opening ceremony set to take place on the River Seine, which runs through the city’s heart. At least, that is plan A, anyway — Emmanuel Macron, the French president, confirmed an off-river contingency for the first time on Monday.

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Fire Country’s Burning Questions Answered After Shocking Character Death

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Fire Country executive producer and showrunner Tia Napolitano answered every burning question fans might have about season 2 after that shocking character death.

During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Napolitano discussed the major offscreen character changes that took place at the beginning of season 2.

“I felt really confident that our premiere was going to grab the audience. I think we had 22 [episodes] last year. We had such a good stretch of time to let

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Crisis talks, a mea culpa and troubling unanswered questions: How Kate’s Mother’s Day photo became a PR nightmare – as sources insist Princess merely made ‘minor adjustments’… so why won’t Palace reveal what they were?

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The Princess of Wales issued an extraordinary mea culpa yesterday after admitting she ‘edited’ an image showing her celebrating Mother’s Day with her children.

In a rare personal message on Twitter, signed ‘C’ for Catherine, the future queen said she ‘occasionally experimented’ as an ‘amateur photographer’.

And she apologised for any ‘confusion’ the photograph had caused. It came after six global picture agencies sensationally pulled the image from their wires and libraries – an unprecedented reaction to an official royal

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The Unanswered Questions of “True Detective”

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February 19, 2024

Like a Raymond Chandler detective story, Night Country ultimately wants to turn its audience’s attention away from the mysteries of the dead toward those of the living.

A scene from True Detective: Night Country. (Photograph by Michele K. Short / HBO)

When the first season of True Detective appeared in 2014, we were living in a different era of television—before auteur series and anthologies were commonplace, when

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17 Questions We Need Answered After the ‘RHOSLC’ Season 4 Finale

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The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City delivered the season finale to end all season finales thanks to Heather Gay’s Poirot-esque unmasking of costar Monica Garcia as an Instagram troll.

During the January 2 episode, Heather discovered that newbie Monica, who joined the show at the start of season 4, was secretly running a RHOSLC gossip account called Reality Von Tease. “I knew that this information would come out,” Monica claimed in a confessional interview. “Even Gossip Girl couldn’t

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New Photos Renew Questions About a Deadly Expedition on Aconcagua

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Fifty years ago, eight Americans set off for South America to climb Aconcagua, one of the world’s mightiest mountains.

Things quickly went wrong. Two climbers died. Their bodies were left behind.

Now, a camera belonging to one of the deceased climbers has emerged from a receding glacier near the summit …

… and one of mountaineering’s most enduring mysteries has been given air and light.

Story by John Branch Videos by Emily Rhyne December 9, 2023

John Branch interviewed dozens

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The Small Gestures and Big Questions of Annie Baker’s Plays

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October 31, 2023

Annie Baker’s Infinite Life.

In Infinite Life, Baker asks: How do you reach out to others when everyone ultimately suffers alone?

A scene from Infinite Life.

(Ahron R. Foster)

Annie Baker’s new play, Infinite Life, is about pain—experiencing it, communicating it, and living with it. It also seeks to dramatize how chronic pain fractures the connection between

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‘Is Math Real?’ asks simple questions to explore math’s deepest truths

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Is Math Real?
Eugenia Cheng
Basic Books, $30

Every mathematician has a story that goes something like this. You’re at a party, and someone asks what you do for a living. “I’m a mathematician,” you say. “You must be a genius!” they reply. Or perhaps you end up being an impromptu therapist to someone who needs to vent about traumatic experiences they had in math class decades ago.

Mathematics is treated with both reverence and fear: People often see math

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