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AI was supposed to lessen your workload, but it’s actually making you work more. That’s the finding of an eight-month study from UC Berkeley. Researchers tracked 200 employees at a U.S. tech company ...

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Four hundred thousand years ago, near a water hole on grasslands bordering a forest in what is now southern England, a group of Neandertals struck chunks of iron pyrite against flint to create sparks, ...

At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments of a mineral—iron pyrite—that could have been used to make sparks on ...

Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. Neanderthals 400,000 years ago were striking flints to make fires, researchers have found. An artist’s ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire; chances are you’ll be left cold. But as early as 400,000 years ago ancient hominins might have had the skills to conjure flame, according to ...

While the merits of making your bed are many, science may support leaving it a mess. For years, experts have maintained that the morning ritual can help you sleep better, have more sex, boost ...

On a recent Thursday evening in downtown Washington, I took a deep breath and walked into a bar. I joined a couple dozen other women who were milling around making small talk and ordering drinks, ...

Many leaders who excel early in their careers eventually become the very reason their organizations stall. The individualistic traits that once fueled their success, like solving problems through ...

Humans have been banging out rhythms and singing melodies for as long as we’ve been around, from Paleolithic flutists to contemporary K-pop performers. So if you want to make music, the good news is ...