Science Study: Small-brained hominins used fire, engraved tools and cave walls, and buried their dead Ruben Bolling

art Take a virtual tour of the Pech Merle prehistoric cave paintings Ruben Bolling

memory Study finds a connection between fructose and Alzheimer's disease Mark Frauenfelder

art The world's oldest narrative art has been discovered. It's a picture of a guy jerking off to horny leopards Thom Dunn

ancient history Egyptian mummy believed to be male priest turns out to be a pregnant female Thom Dunn

ghosts Oldest-known drawing of a ghost found on ancient Babylonian tablet Thom Dunn

Science The Peking Man fossils vanished in 1941 and are still missing Ellsworth Toohey

mistakes Ford rehires hundreds of "graybeard" engineers after AI shortcomings Rob Beschizza

retrocomputing ZX Spectrum basic interpreter remade from scratch on the web Rob Beschizza

Science Desmond Morris wrote The Naked Ape in four weeks to pay for a house Ellsworth Toohey

art Ancient Peruvian textile features a feline spirit Popkin

Science Chimps love crystals and won't give them back Ellsworth Toohey

Science The mysterious cognitive effects of chewing gum Ellsworth Toohey

education Texas A&M deems Plato unnecessary for approved thought Jason Weisberger

food science Food historian reveals how salt transformed civilizations and sparked Gandhi's rebellion Ellsworth Toohey

News Your immune system activates just by seeing sick faces, research shows Ellsworth Toohey

Nature Tailless whip scorpion under microscope: a look at the gentle giant of the arachnid world Popkin

cute New York's most beloved roadside attraction is a pig face on a rock Popkin