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A wealth of fossil evidence has pinpointed humanity’s homeland as somewhere in Africa, where Homo sapiens first diverged from earlier species about 300,000 years ago. Scientists have now identified the oldest known Homo sapiens footprints in South Africa.

Researchers have developed a self-administered smartphone app to screen for Alzheimer’s disease by analyzing speech patterns. With subtle speech disturbances being an early indicator, this may be an easy way to obtain a diagnosis quicker.

Age-related hearing loss impacts one in three adults aged 64 to 75 in the US, and around half of these cases are down to faulty genes. Using older animals to mirror a human study, scientists successfully reversed hearing loss caused by one such gene.

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Looking to nature can provide inspiration, especially in construction. Researchers studied the complex internal structure of a termite mound in hopes that we can one day construct to a building that can regulate its own internal climate.

Heart failure can be caused by multiple factors, requiring different treatments. Researchers have trained machine learning models using a large dataset to identify five subtypes of heart failure, which may improve risk prediction and treatment.

Scout Campers is back with its smallest, lightest camper yet. The all-new Tuktut is designed to fit compact and midsize pickups, including the Ford Maverick. Buyers can keep it cheap and simple or build it up with modular accessories.

BLUETTI, the leader in the clean energy storage industry, will launch its new AC60 & B80, the smallest expandable power station with a six-year warranty, on its official Australian website on June 8.

An American car has won the prestigious Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, the world's oldest and most traditional automotive concours.

In order to keep from hurting their human coworkers, many robots have sensors that detect contact with people or other objects. Scientists have now devised a high-tech sweater which brings this functionality to robots that don't have it already.

Archeologists are great at determining what life looked like in ancient days, but not necessarily how it smelled. Now, though, a 2,000-year-old crystal container has shed light on the scent you might have encountered on the streets of ancient Rome.

Although electric typewriters have been made almost entirely obsolete, there's something to be said for the satisfying "clickety-clack" of their keys. Well, that sound and feel is back, in the all-aluminum Fineday 3.0 Bluetooth Mechanical Keyboard.