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WWE NXT: Finn Balor becomes NXT Champion
Finn Balor and Adam Cole battled each other to determine the new NXT Champion on a special Tuesday edition of WWE NXT.
Mammoth graveyard unearthed at Mexico's new airport
Archaeologists in hard hats and face masks carefully remove earth from around enormous bones at the site of Mexico City's new airport, where construction work has uncovered a huge trove...
Study pinpoints process that might have led to first organic molecules
New research led by the American Museum of Natural History and funded by NASA identifies a process that might have been key in producing the first organic molecules on Earth...
Navy calls off search for missing USS Nimitz sailor
The U.S. Navy said it has called off a search in the North Arabian Sea for a sailor who is believed to have fallen overboard on Sunday.
North Korea's silence on pandemic arouses skepticism in South
North Korea's claims that it is free of COVID-19 are raising serious concerns in the South.
U.S. Open tennis: Naomi Osaka, Alexander Zverev advance to semifinals
Two-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka beat unseeded American Shelby Rogers on Tuesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Queens, N.Y., to reach the U.S. Open semifinals.
New fossil ape is discovered in India
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery by Christopher C. Gilbert, Hunter College, fills...
A stray molar is the oldest known fossil from an ancient gibbon
While searching for primate fossils in northern India, paleontologist Christopher Gilbert noticed something small and shiny poking out of the dirt. It turned out to be a roughly 13-million-year-old molar from a small-bodied...
Watch: 100-year-old man goes scuba diving for Guinness record
An Illinois man is seeking Guinness World Records recognition as the world's oldest scuba diver after he took a plunge into the water to celebrate his 100th birthday.
Fossil growth reveals insights into the climate
Panthasaurus maleriensis is an ancestor of today's amphibians and has been considered the most puzzling representative of the Metoposauridae. Paleontologists examined the fossil's bone tissue and compared it with other...
Cougar harassed with slingshot in Banff National Park, prompting rare charges
A Saskatchewan man faces rare charges under National Parks Wildlife regulations and potential fines of up to $125,000 after allegedly using a slingshot to hurl projectiles at a cougar in...
Fossil growth reveals insights into the climate
Panthasaurus maleriensis lived about 225 million years ago in what is now India. It is an ancestor of today's amphibians and has been considered the most puzzling representative of the...
The oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe
A new study reports the oldest mitochondrial genome of a Neanderthal from Central-Eastern Europe. The mitochondrial genome of the tooth, discovered at the site of Stajnia Cave in Poland, is...
Column: Trump attacks Biden and Harris as anti-vaccine, but he's the one with the anti-vaxx record
Trump's record of cozying up to anti-vaccine advocates dates back more than a decade.
Why rats would win 'Australian Survivor'
Australian rodents skulls all correspond to one simple, size-dependent shape that is more than ten million years old but it turns out this lack of change is the secret behind...
The oldest Neanderthal DNA of Central-Eastern Europe
Around 100,000 years ago, the climate changed abruptly and the environment of Central-Eastern Europe shifted from forested to open steppe/taiga habitat, promoting the dispersal of wooly mammoth, wooly rhino and other cold adapted...
Ancient hunters stayed in frozen Northern Europe rather than migrating to warmer areas, evidence from Arctic fox bones shows
Ancient hunters stayed in the coldest part of Northern Europe rather than migrating to escape freezing winter conditions, archaeologists have found.
International study gets at the root of what makes deer migrate
From the Rocky Mountains to the Alps, the question of whether a deer population migrates can be answered by how springtime comes to the landscapes they occupy.
Look: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley reunite for 'puppy play date'
"The Vampire Diaries" alums Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley hung out with their dogs and Wesley's wife, Ines de Ramon.
Study reveals how stone forests get their spikes
Scientists have discovered how rock spires in stone forests get their sharp points.
Ancient hunters stayed in frozen Northern Europe rather than migrating, evidence from Arctic fox bones shows
Ancient hunters stayed in the coldest part of Northern Europe rather than migrating to escape freezing winter conditions, archeologists have found.
How do stone forests get their spikes? New research offers pointed answer
Stone forests—pointed rock formations resembling trees that populate regions of China, Madagascar, and many other locations worldwide—are as majestic as they are mysterious, created by uncertain forces that give them...
Navy searches for missing USS Nimitz sailor
The U.S. Navy said Monday it's searching the North Arabian Sea for a sailor aboard the USS Nimitz reported missing.
Ancient bony fish forces rethink of how sharks evolved
Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appears at extradition hearing
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared at London's Old Bailey on Monday for a hearing to determine whether he should be extradited to the United States to face espionage charges.
'Wild West' mentality lingers in modern populations of US mountain regions
When historian Frederick Jackson Turner presented his famous thesis on the US frontier in 1893, he described the "coarseness and strength combined with acuteness and acquisitiveness" it had forged in...
Ancient bony fish forces rethink of how sharks evolved
Sharks' non-bony skeletons were thought to be the template before bony internal skeletons evolved, but a new fossil discovery suggests otherwise.
Upside down houses for the dead at Maeshowe
New archaeological research by the University of the Highlands and Islands at the Stone Age tomb, Maeshowe located within the Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site, has found its side chambers...