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How do stone forests get their spikes? New research offers pointed answer

4 years ago from Physorg

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

4 years ago from UPI

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

4 years ago from Science Daily

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

4 years ago from UPI

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

4 years ago from Physorg

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

4 years ago from Physorg

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

4 years ago from Physorg

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...

On This Day, Sept. 7: Nazi Germany launches London Blitz

4 years ago from UPI

On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany launched the London blitz, bombings that Adolf Hitler believed would soften Britain for invasion.

A day in the life of an eagle wrangler

4 years ago from PopSci

Lauren McGough hunts with her golden eagle. (Jenna Close/Courtesy of P2 Photography/)This article was originally published by Coffee or Die Magazine on August 19, 2018. For more stories like this, visit www.coffeeordie.com.Lauren McGough and her Kazakh mentor...

'Tenet' tops the North American box office with $20.2M

4 years ago from UPI

Christopher Nolan's spy thriller "Tenet" is the No. 1 movie at North American theaters, earning $20.2 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced on Sunday.

Shark researchers size up real 'Megalodon' for first time

A study reveals true scale of the prehistoric mega-shark made famous in Jason Statham's The Meg.

U.S. Open tennis: Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka reach fourth round

4 years ago from UPI

Top-seeded Novak Djokovic remained perfect this year and advanced to the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a straight-sets win over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.

Look: Pickup truck attempting to park ends up in retention pond

4 years ago from UPI

Authorities in Florida said a pickup truck had to be fished out of the retention pond outside a courthouse when the driver's boot became stuck on the accelerator while attempting...

Enzyme doesn't need oxygen to make ethylene

4 years ago from C&EN

Finding offers a possibly safer biosynthetic route to the important feedstock

Sara Haines to return as 'The View' co-host in Season 24

4 years ago from UPI

Sara Haines said it's a "tremendous honor" to rejoin "The View" as a co-host in Season 24.

Harvard historian examines how textbooks taught white supremacy

4 years ago from Harvard Science

Historian Donald Yacovone, an associate at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, was researching a book on the legacy of the antislavery movement when he came across some old history...

Soft, lightweight Turkish towels for bathrooms and beach trips

4 years ago from PopSci

Turkish towels offer a softness and portability. (Amazon/)After using a Turkish towel, also known as a pestemal or fouta, you’ll never want to go back to your bulky, traditional bathroom towel. They’re flat...

Grass on ash: Uncovering 200,000 year old beds from South Africa

4 years ago from Physorg

There is a fair amount of archeological evidence that indicates complex behavior among our ancestors. For instance, there are bone tools that were used as hunting projectiles, for working leather...

Mexican construction site may be world's biggest mammoth graveyard

4 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts...

Training underway in Squamish, B.C., for giant mechanized exoskeleton pilots

4 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

An enormous and strange machine is being tested in the Squamish Valley, as its creator begins to train adventurous donors to the project on how to operate the unique mechanized...

'Mammoth central' found at Mexico airport construction site

4 years ago from Physorg

The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts...

Rochester, N.Y., mayor suspends 7 officers involved in death of Daniel Prude

4 years ago from UPI

The mayor of Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday suspended seven police officers involved in the arrest of a Black man that resulted in his death after they covered his head and...

True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed

4 years ago from Science Daily

A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human.

Drone survey reveals large earthwork at ancestral Wichita site in Kansas

4 years ago from Physorg

A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large circular earthwork at what may be Etzanoa, an archaeological site near Wichita, Kansas. Archaeologists speculate that the site was visited...

New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization

4 years ago from Science Daily

A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. He outlined the new technique he developed and showed how...

Rescuers hoist horse from mud pit in Massachusetts

4 years ago from UPI

Emergency responders in Massachusetts said they used a backhoe to hoist a horse that was stranded in a deep pit of mud.

Megafire does not deter Yosemite's spotted owls

4 years ago from Physorg

In 2013 the Rim Fire—the largest fire on record in the Sierra Nevada—burned one third of the potential California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) habitat in Yosemite National Park. The...

New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization

4 years ago from Science Daily

A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. A new article outlines the technique he developed and shows...