Discover the top 25 U.S. states that prioritize healthy living based on obesity rates, healthcare quality, outdoor recreation access, and healthy food availability—ranked with real data and a laid-back, informative tone.

In eastern Montana, stone keeps a timeline that makes human history look brief. At Medicine Rocks State Park, sandstone towers trace their story back roughly 61 million years, long before pharaohs planned monuments. Curious how geologists know that? Stick around. Deep time is about to stretch your sense of ancient.

Archaeology sometimes feels like lifting trapdoors through time. You peel back one era, only to discover something older hiding underneath. That’s exactly what happened in Amphipolis, in northern Greece, where researchers working around a Byzantine basilica uncovered something unexpected beneath it: the remains of a 4th-century B.C. cult building

One of you wants to be at the gate before the check-in counter even opens. The other believes strolling up 45 minutes before boarding is perfectly reasonable (and even preferable). So who’s actually right?

Where you raise your kids can shape everything—from their education and safety to their future earning potential. WalletHub’s newest nationwide analysis breaks down all 50 states using hard data on schools, affordability, healthcare, and overall quality of life. Some states clearly rise to the top.

Around 5,700 years ago, a violent episode unfolded inside El Mirador cave in northern Spain. Archaeologists uncovered human remains marked by systematic tool cuts and deliberate fractures, securely dated to the Late Neolithic period. The evidence suggests organized interpersonal violence rather than accidental disturbance or animal interference. This discovery challenges the familiar image of early farming communities as stable and uniformly peaceful. Instead, it reveals tensions that can escalate into collective harm within settled groups as they adapt to agricultural life. By examining bones altered with clear human intention, researchers reconstruct a troubling chapter of prehistory. The site also provides insight into social stress, shifting alliances, and the pressures that accompany population growth. El Mirador ultimately invites a more balanced understanding of early European societies.