Caving is statistically one of the safest adventure sports — until something goes wrong. When disaster strikes underground, it does so in ways that are uniquely cruel. In tight passages, a single ...

In an Indonesian cave system known for its prehistoric art, the oldest cave art yet found was hiding in plain sight. In a cave full of paintings that were well studied over the years, a faint hand ...

Maxime Aubert receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Google Arts & Culture and The National Geographic Society. Adam Brumm receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Adhi ...

The world’s oldest known example of cave art, dating back at least 67,800 years, has been discovered by researchers studying handprints in Indonesia. The find, along with others recently made in the ...

A red stencil of a hand pressed against the wall of an Indonesian cave is the oldest rock art ever discovered, scientists said Wednesday, and sheds light on how humans first migrated to Australia. The ...

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The city is suspending a demolition contractor’s ability to work in New York City and halting construction at all sites he’s involved with after a partial building collapse in the Bronx earlier this ...

Construction fencing now surrounds the old Baptist Hospital site, but over the next few months, it won’t appear like much is happening. That couldn't be further from reality. Inside crews will work to ...

The University of Cincinnati's infamous Crosley Tower will begin a year-long demolition in February. Built in 1969, the Brutalist-style concrete structure is considered structurally unsound and ...

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