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The British Museum has a 5,000-year-old tablet from the ancient Mesopotamian city of Uruk that is likely a pay stub. Historians say beer at that time was thick and starchy — basically liquid bread.

Two suicide bombers struck a convoy of buses carrying recently-graduated Afghan police cadets, according to wire service reports. The Taliban has claimed responsibility.

The ex-London mayor was thought to be a front-runner to be Britain's next prime minister. The surprise reveal comes after his successful effort to get enough U.K. voters to agree to leave the EU.

How might a Brexit affect U.K. citizens in their everyday lives? Everything from mobile phone usage to Premier League football, pet travel and how much booze can be brought home duty-free may change.

A senior Turkish official identified the attackers' nationalities, according to the Dogan News Agency. Police have carried out raids looking for suspects in the attack that killed more than 40 people.

The investigators were able to successfully download information from the flight data recorder, and hope it will shed some light on the mysterious crash.

Psychologists have been arguing for decades over whether personality traits are real or a myth. More recent research shows that traits are real, a scientist says, and have a big effect on behavior.

A new survey finds that as the Obama presidency comes to a close, America is starkly divided on race.

Future Shock by Alvin Toffler was a huge sensation when it was published in 1970. The book perfectly captured the angst of that time and prepared society for more changes to come.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Hans Kundnani of the German Marshall Fund of the United States about where the European Union goes from here post Brexit.