Throughout history, humanity has demonstrated an insatiable desire to build bigger, reach higher, and create structures that seem to defy the laws of physics ...

Human-made chemicals are quietly building up in the ocean, with traces found from coastlines to remote coral reefs.

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A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.