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Permo-Triassic biodiversity patterns could offer a window into our climate future
A new study by the University of Leeds and University of Oxford has examined spatial biodiversity patterns across the Permo-Triassic mass extinction event. (c. 252 million years ago). The Permo-Triassic...
Antarctica's 'deflated football' fossil is world's second-biggest egg
A mysterious 68-million-year-old fossil found on Seymour Island off Antarctica's coast that looked like a deflated football has turned out to be a unique find - the second-largest egg on...
What you need to know before your first post-quarantine camping trip
The may be the Summer of Camping, but new rules remind us that it's not immune to the pandemic.
DNA from a 5,200-year-old Irish tomb hints at ancient royal incest
A man buried in a huge, roughly 5,200-year-old Irish stone tomb was the product of incest, a new study finds. DNA extracted from the ancient man’s remains displays an unusually large number...
Tracking Australia's gigantic carnivorous dinosaurs
North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus - now evidence shows Australia had gigantic predatory dinosaurs.
Kim Jong Un aircraft seen headed east, report says
An online aviation tracker has spotted Kim Jong Un's jet in North Korean airspace, according to a South Korean press report.
First-degree incest: Ancient genomes uncover Irish passage tomb for dynastic elite
Archeologists and geneticists, led by those from Trinity College Dublin, have shed new light on the earliest periods of Ireland's human history.
First egg from Antarctica is big and might belong to an extinct sea lizard
In 2011, Chilean scientists discovered a mysterious fossil in Antarctica that looked like a deflated football. For nearly a decade, the specimen sat unlabeled and unstudied in the collections of...
New study suggests that hard eggshells evolved at least three times in dinosaur family tree
New research suggests that the first dinosaurs laid soft-shelled eggs—a finding that contradicts established thought. The study, led by the American Museum of Natural History and Yale University and published...
North Korea denounces U.S. as ‘human rights wasteland’
North Korea said Wednesday the United States is a "human rights wasteland" amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests around the world following the deaths of George Floyd and Rayshard Brooks...
Insect-crunching reptiles on ancient islands of the U.K.
By analyzing the fossilized jaw mechanics of reptiles who lived in the Severn Channel region of the UK 200-million-years ago, researchers from the University of Bristol have shown that they...
Cast says Seth Green's 'Crossing Swords' is the laugh we all need
"Crossing Swords" actor-producer Seth Green says he knew the idea of adorable, armless, peg-people toys trying to survive in a "Game of Thrones"-style world would make for hilarious entertainment.
Gigantic Australian carnivorous dinosaurs discovered and studied using footprints
North America had the T. rex, South America had the Giganotosaurus and Africa the Spinosaurus—now evidence shows Australia had gigantic predatory dinosaurs.
Don't fund me: The most questionable coronavirus crowdfunding ideas
A mask that only covers your nose, a keychain to touch elevator buttons for you, and other highly suspect new gadgets you can crowdfund.
Seth Green knew 'Crossing Swords' would be 'hilarious entertainment'
"Crossing Swords" actor-producer Seth Green says he knew the idea of adorable, armless, peg-people toys trying to survive in a "Game of Thrones"-style world would make for hilarious entertainment.
B.C. fossil discovery demonstrates 50-million-year-old link between Canada and Australia
An insect fossil found near Kamloops, B.C., has researchers questioning the global movement of animals and evolutionary changes based on climate.
'Clever' marble foxes make debut at Kamloops wildlife park
The B.C. Wildlife Park in Kamloops, B.C., has just introduced two marble foxes to its collection of Canadian creatures.
U.S. sanctions, charges 6 Nigerians with defrauding $6M from Americans online
The United States on Tuesday blacklisted and charged six Nigerian nationals who blinked some $6 million from Americas by posing as either business executives or romantic partners online.
Letters to the Editor: How amateurish is our response to COVID-19? Look at what happened at LAX
We couldn't test and trace passengers who landed at LAX after coming into contact with COVID-19. That shows how much of a problem we have.
Making America Gaga: Trump, Congress have lost their minds
Donald Trump's marquis four-letter slogan that got him to the White House and now is central to his re-election campaign is MAGA: Make America Great Again. A more fitting term...
On This Day, June 17: Shooting at AME church in Charleston kills 9
On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof killed nine people at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, in a mass shooting.
U.S. sanctions, charges 6 Nigerians for defrauding $6M from Americans online
The United States on Tuesday blacklisted and charged six Nigerian nationals who blinked some $6 million from Americas by posing as either business executives or romantic partners online.
Seafood helped prehistoric people migrate out of Africa
A study has examined fossil reefs near to the now-submerged Red Sea shorelines that marked prehistoric migratory routes from Africa to Arabia. The findings suggest this coast offered the resources...
Doctors call for Alberta to make wearing a mask mandatory in public
A group of doctors has written an open letter to the government of Alberta asking that people be required to wear masks in all indoor spaces outside the home, in...
Texas readies to execute Ruben Gutierrez
Texas plans to carry out its first execution Tuesday since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, which led the state to stay five other executions earlier this year.
Adapt or Die
The climate cycles that have driven mass extinctions, are shortening and becoming more severe. The species that can adapt to environmental changes survive, while others simply die off. CBSN Originals...
Coal-burning in Siberia led to climate change 250 million years ago
A team of researchers led by Arizona State University (ASU) School of Earth and Space Exploration professor Lindy Elkins-Tanton has provided the first ever direct evidence that extensive coal burning...
Why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes
Researcher uncovers why most of the records left by ancient rivers preserve commonplace processes.