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In 2019, environmental archaeologist David Wright at the University of Oslo visited what was, at first glance, an extremely unappealing field site: a cluster of leech-infested…

This article is part of a package in collaboration with Forbes on time capsules, preserving information and communicating with the future. Read more from the report.After…

The Great Holocene Transformation: What Complexity Science Tells Us about the Evolution of Complex Societies Peter Turchin Beresta Books (2025)When Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés arrived in…