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Asteroids Ryugu and Bennu were formed by the destruction of a large asteroid
What is the origin of the asteroids Bennu and Ryugu, and of their spinning-top shape? An international research team led by Patrick Michel, a CNRS researcher at the Laboratoire Lagrange...
WWE NXT: Matt Riddle, Timothy Thatcher battle inside a Fight Pit
Former tag team partners Matt Riddle and Timothy Thatcher had the first-ever Fight Pit match on WWE NXT.
World's oldest bug is fossil millipede from Scotland
A 425-million-year-old millipede fossil from the Scottish island of Kerrera is the world's oldest "bug"—older than any known fossil of an insect, arachnid or other related creepy-crawly, according to researchers...
NASCAR postpones Cup Series Alsco Uniforms 500 until Thursday night
Hard rain postponed Wednesday's Cup Series Alsco Uniforms 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina.
KCBS lays off anchors Jeff Michael and Sharon Tay, and weatherman Garth Kemp
The three prominent anchors were swept up in a corporate-wide restructuring.
Basketball Hall of Fame delaying 2020 enshrinement ceremony until 2021
The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is postponing its enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2020 until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Historic swarm of locusts descends upon India, destroying crops
Millions of locusts have descended upon multiple states in India, destroying crops and prompting some governments to deploy drones to disperse them.
Tuning the surface gives variations to metal foils
Researchers reported how to give variations to single crystalline metal foils. Via the oxidation-led annealing plus seeded growth strategy, they obtained over 30 types of copper foils the size of...
Toronto breaks down geographic spread of COVID-19, showing local hot spots in detail for first time
Toronto has unveiled detailed, geographic information about the spread of the novel coronavirus, marking the first time such data has been made available in Ontario during the pandemic.
Ear infections discovered in remains of humans living in Levant 15,000 years ago
Researchers have discovered evidence of ear infections in the skull remains of humans living in the Levant some 15,000 years ago.
In lean times, fierce dinosaur Allosaurus resorted to cannibalism
The dreaded dinosaur Allosaurus was the scourge of the Jurassic Period landscape some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex was 80 million years later during...
Minneapolis mayor calls for arrest of officer who kneeled on George Floyd's neck
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey on Wednesday called for the arrest of the police officer seen in a video kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed man who later died.
Woman wins $127,000 jackpot using money from making face masks
An Oregon woman who took up sewing face masks when she was laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic said the money from her efforts scored her a $127,000 lottery...
Bertha weakens to a depression as it spreads heavy rain over Carolinas
A disturbance that left Miami streets underwater over the Memorial Day weekend rapidly strengthened off of the South Carolina coast Tuesday night and was named Tropical Storm Bertha for several...
Miniature rock art expands horizons
Archaeologists have discovered some of the most detailed examples of rare, small-scale rock art in the form of miniature stencils in a rockshelter traditionally owned by the Marra people. The...
Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event
Researchers at the University of Southampton have shown that an extinction event 360 million years ago, that killed much of the Earth's plant and freshwater aquatic life, was caused by...
In stressed ecosystems Jurassic dinosaurs turned to scavenging, maybe even cannibalism
Among dinosaurs of ancient Colorado, scavenging and possibly cannibalism were responses to a resource-scarce environment, according to a study published May 27, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by...
Initial Upper Paleolithic technology reached North China by around 41,000 years ago
A wave of new technology in the Late Paleolithic had reached North China by around 41,000 years ago, according to a study published May 27, 2020 in the open-access journal...
Fisherman discovers 200-year-old shipwreck off Mexican coast
A fisherman off the coast of Mexico spotted a shipwreck that archaeologists determined to be more than 200 years old.
National Women's Soccer League announces 25-game tournament in Utah
The National Women's Soccer League announced formation of a 25-game tournament Wednesday. The Olympic-style competition will be played in June and July at three stadiums in Utah and air...
Rijksmuseum given unique painting to remember virus victims
Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum will display a famous 16th-century painting donated to commemorate victims of the coronavirus when it re-opens next week, almost three months after closing its doors, the museum said...
Archaeologists find Roman mosaic floor beneath a row of vines in Italy
Archaeologists have uncovered the remarkably well preserved mosaic floor of an Ancient Roman villa dating to the 3rd century A.D. The floor was found beneath a row of vines near...
Information technology played key role in growth of ancient civilizations
A new article shows the ability to store and process information was as critical to the growth of early human societies as it is today.
Modern biomechanical techniques used to explore ergonomic design of earliest human tools
Kent's School of Sport and Exercise Sciences (SSES) and School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) have collaborated on a research project to investigate the design of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic...
Asteroid, climate change not responsible for mass extinction 215 million years ago
A team of University of Rhode Island scientists and statisticians conducted a sophisticated quantitative analysis of a mass extinction that occurred 215 million years ago and found that the cause...
Chimpanzees help trace the evolution of human speech back to ancient ancestors
One of the most promising theories for the evolution of human speech has finally received support from chimpanzee communication.
Finding a genus home for Alaska's dinosaurs
A re-analysis of dinosaur skulls from northern Alaska suggests they belong to a genus Edmontosaurus, and not to the genus recently proposed by scientists in 2015.
Melting ice reveals an ancient, once-thriving trade route
High in the mountains of Norway, melting ice has led to the discovery of an ancient remote mountain pass, complete with trail markers and artifacts from the Roman Iron Age...