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Ancient genomes link subsistence change and human migration in northern China
While recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have established the major patterns of prehistoric human migration in western Eurasia, the population history of eastern Eurasia remains little understood. Northern China...
Police officers accused of violence often have a history of complaints
Decades of research on police shootings and brutality reveal that officers with a history of shooting civilians are much more likely to do so in the future compared to other...
Scientists find oldest fossil of a land animal
A fossilized millipede-like creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldest-known land animal, a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped pave the way for the...
Hall of Fame boxer Curtis Cokes dies at 82
Hall of Fame boxer Curtis Cokes -- the first world champion to hail from Dallas -- has died at the age of 82.
Video: How to discover your own fossil site
Have you ever wondered how a fossil site is discovered? Perhaps wondered what it would be like to find one of the rarest fossil finds in history? In this lecture,...
UFC: Jon 'Bones' Jones plans to give up light heavyweight belt
UFC star Jon "Bones" Jones says he plans to relinquish his light heavyweight title.
Coronavirus: The mystery of 'silent spreaders'
Scientists have discovered more evidence about a strange and worrying feature of the coronavirus
Nevada home to 246M-year-old fossil of pregnant ichthyosaur
Autumn was closing in fast on northern Nevada when Martin Sander took one last look around the excavation site in the Augusta Mountains 150 miles (241 kilometers) east of Reno.
Pope Francis blesses faithful at St. Peter's Square for first time in 3 months
Pope Francis on Sunday blessed a smattering of faithful from his apartment window in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City for the first time since the lockdown in Italy began...
Our lockdown is only a glimpse into the difficult lives of the war-torn and displaced
At least in Canada and other western countries we know that our isolation will end eventually, in contrast to those displaced by conflict and living in camps and shelters around...
Genetic research offers insight into rise of first cities
New genetic research from around one of the ancient world’s most important trading hubs offers fresh insights into the movement and interactions of inhabitants of different areas of Western Asia...
Red Hugh: Spanish dig for the bones of 'Fighting Prince of Donegal'
The Irish chieftain was buried in the same Spanish chapel as Christopher Columbus.
On This Day, May 31: London's Big Ben rings out for first time
On May 31, 1859, construction concluded and bells rang out for the first time from London's Big Ben clock tower.
Heightened interaction between neolithic migrants and hunter-gatherers in Western Europe
This study reports new genome-wide data for 101 prehistoric individuals from 12 archaeological sites in today's France and Germany, dating from 7000-3000 BCE, and documents levels of admixture between expanding...
Trump says military is 'ready' to deploy to Minneapolis protests
President Donald Trump said Saturday that military police could deploy to Minneapolis to respond to protests in the wake of George Floyd's death this week.
Millipede from Scotland is world's oldest-known land animal
A fossilized millipede-like creature discovered in Scotland may represent the oldest-known land animal, a humble pioneer of terrestrial living 425 million years ago that helped pave the way for the...
Trump says military are 'ready' to deploy to Minneapolis protests
President Donald Trump said Saturday that military police could deploy to Minneapolis to respond to protests in the wake of George Floyd's death this week.
Latin America becomes epicenter of coronavirus pandemic
Latin America is poised to become the next epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a disease expert, as the rate of new deaths and cases decline in the United...
Famous birthdays for May 30: Remy Ma, Colm Meaney
Rapper Remy Ma turns 40 and actor Colm Meaney turns 67, among the famous birthdays for May 30.
Anesthesia's effect on consciousness solved, settling century-old scientific debate
How does general anesthesia cause loss of consciousness? Despite its 175-year-history of use by the U.S. medical system, science has been unable to definitively answer that question, until now. The...
Genetic research offers insight into rise of first cities
New genetic research from around one of the ancient world’s most important trading hubs offers fresh insights into the movement and interactions of inhabitants of different areas of Western Asia between two major...
More ‘murder hornets’ are turning up. Here’s what you need to know
Two new specimens of Asian giant hornet have turned up in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting that the invasive species made it through the winter despite efforts last year to stamp out the menace...
A steaming cauldron follows the dinosaurs' demise
A new study reveals the Chicxulub impact crater may have harbored a vast and long-lived hydrothermal system after the catastrophic impact event linked to the extinction of dinosaurs 66 million...
Leaving work early leads North Carolina woman to lottery jackpot
A North Carolina woman said getting off work early was lucrative when she won a $100,000 lottery jackpot.
Genetic research offers insight into rise of first cities
New genetic research from around one of the ancient world’s most important trading hubs offers fresh insights into the movement and interactions of inhabitants of different areas of Western Asia between two major...
1,000-year-old Viking boat found buried on Norwegian island
Officials in a Norwegian county announced a 1,000-year-old Viking ship has been found buried on the same island where a ship of similar vintage was found six months earlier.
Dinosaur cannibalism was real, and Colorado paleontologists have the bones to prove it
Fossils collected from the Mygatt-Moore Quarry, which lies near the border between Colorado and Utah and dates back to around 150 million years ago, bore an unusually high number of bite marks. (Brian...
From a lobbyist to an ex-con, offer of millions of masks for California drew a cast of characters
A deal that never materialized to sell tens of millions of masks to the state government offers a rare behind-the-scenes view into the masks trade.