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A great exchange rate, ChatGPT, and kimono-wearing bros have turned Kyoto into the loveliest tourist trap on earth.

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Research led by Dr. Josias Lang-Ritter reveals that global population figures could be off by billions.

While many major questions remain, scientists now believe they are closer to developing a working model of how the first living thing on Earth could have formed and then started to replicate itself.

While many major questions remain, scientists now believe they are closer to developing a working model of how the first living thing on Earth could have formed and begun to replicate itself.

From installing a phone inside a melting glacier to creating a ticker that counts every sunrise in Earth's history, artist Katie Paterson's work explores the expansiveness of deep time.

A widespread underrepresentation of rural populations across the world could have profound impacts on those communities, as censuses are central to figuring out how to divvy up resources.