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'Billions of years of evolutionary history' under threat

'Weird and wonderful' animals unlike anything else on Earth are sliding toward extinction, say scientists.

UNC Report: Unclear whether North Korean gunfire across DMZ was accidental

3 years ago from UPI

The UNC announced Tuesday that it had finished its investigation into a gunfire exchange inside the DMZ in early May and was not able to determine if North Korea's initial...

LATAM, Latin America's largest airline, files for bankruptcy

3 years ago from UPI

The largest Latin American air carrier, LATAM Airlines, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, it said early Tuesday, becoming the second major airline in May to go bankrupt due to...

South Sudan: an unexplored Eden of biodiversity

3 years ago from Physorg

The light plane banked sharply to circle back over the plains. The pilot had spotted something below: antelope, first one, then many, the stragglers of a million-strong migration across this...

Police search for UConn student linked to two killings

3 years ago from UPI

Police in Connecticut said they are searching for a university student they have accused of killing two people and leading officers on a multi-state manhunt.

Mother Nature to switch gears into summer across the Northeast to finish May

3 years ago from UPI

After the first two weeks of May featured below-average temperatures across the Northeast and East Coast, Mother Nature will conclude the month on a much different note as summerlike conditions...

The 12 questions earth scientists should ask in the next 10 years

3 years ago from Physorg

The National Science Foundation should invest in new initiatives, partnerships and infrastructure to answer 12 priority research questions relevant to society in the next decade, according to a new report...

Be still, my beating wings: hunters kill migrating birds on their 10,000km journey to Australia

3 years ago from Physorg

It is low tide at the end of the wet season in Broome, Western Australia. Shorebirds feeding voraciously on worms and clams suddenly get restless.

Life-sized Crystal Palace Park dinosaur sculpture damaged

The Grade I-listed Megalosaurus statue has been in Crystal Palace Park since the Victorian era.

Millions of periodical cicadas to emerge in parts of US

After spending most of their lives in the soil, periodical cicadas will come out in three US states.

Past is prologue: Genetic 'memory' of ancestral environments helps organisms readapt

3 years ago from Science Daily

Organisms carry long-term 'memories' of their ancestral homelands that help them adapt to environmental change, according to a new study that involved raising chickens on the Tibetan Plateau and an...

Berlin WW2 bombing survivor Saturn the alligator dies in Moscow Zoo

His colourful history included escaping from a zoo and a rumour he once belonged to Adolf Hitler.

Letters to the Editor: There is no gray area on masks. If you don't wear one, you deserve to be fined

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

'Masks aren't a black-and-white issue' is what privileged people tell themselves.

Column: Lakers guard Quinn Cook returns to roots for Showtime documentary

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

Lakers guard Quinn Cook teams up with Kevin Durant on filmmaking project.

Black boxes found in Pakistan plane crash; 97 dead, 2 survive

3 years ago from UPI

Investigators said Saturday that they found the so-called "black boxes" from a passenger jet that crashed in Pakistan, killing 97 people. Two people survived the disaster.

Masks: Everything you need to know but might be too afraid to ask

3 years ago from CBC: Health

We’ve received more than 1,000 questions about masks from Canadians, and some inquiries show that many of you are just straight-up confused about wearing them. We took your most common...

Famous birthdays for May 23: Joan Collins, Melissa McBride

3 years ago from UPI

Actor Joan Collins turns 87 and actor Melissa McBride turns 55, among the famous birthdays for May 23.

Amid 2-day spike in coronavirus deaths, Orange County pushes for wider reopening

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

The county submitted final documents Thursday night showing it has met the state's benchmarks to move deeper into Stage 2 of reopening.

Italy's genetic diversity goes back at least 19,000 years, study says

3 years ago from UPI

Italy has been a genetic melting pot for almost 20,000 years, according to a new study. Nowhere else in Europe hosts a greater mix of genetic heritage.

Largest and oldest T. rex named "Scotty" revealed

3 years ago from CBSNews - Science

The largest tyrannosaurus rex to ever roam the earth is about to make his official debut. CBS News got a look at "Scotty" before he goes on display at a...

Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals

3 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have discovered a new migration pattern (or lack of) at Pinnacle Point, a now-submerged region in South Africa. While it was first believed large omnivores would travel to follow...

Past is prologue: Genetic 'memory' of ancestral environments helps organisms readapt

3 years ago from Physorg

Organisms carry long-term "memories" of their ancestral homelands that help them adapt to environmental change, according to a new study that involved raising chickens on the Tibetan Plateau and an...

Watch: Pop-up drive-in theater brings movies back to New Jersey town

3 years ago from UPI

A New Jersey event center is reviving a once-dwindling concept by opening a pop-up drive-in movie theater in its parking lot.

In Mexico City, experts find bones of dozens of mammoths

3 years ago from Physorg

Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction just north of Mexico City, near human-built 'traps' where more than a dozen mammoths were found...

Migration patterns reveal an Eden for ancient humans and animals

3 years ago from Physorg

Home to some of the richest evidence for the behavior and culture of the earliest clearly modern humans, the submerged shelf called the Palaeo-Agulhas Plain (PAP) once formed its own...

Genetic ‘memory’ of ancestral environments helps organisms readapt

3 years ago from Science Blog

Organisms carry long-term “memories” of their ancestral homelands that help them adapt to environmental change, according to a new study that involved raising chickens on the Tibetan Plateau and an...

Banksy, Shepard Fairey and MOCA's 'Art in the Streets': Your quarantine must-see

3 years ago from LA Times - Health

New website revisits the Museum of Contemporary Art's "Art in the Streets" show featuring Spike Jonze, Larry Clark and Geoff McFetridge, among others.

South Korea legal group denies urging repatriation of defectors

3 years ago from UPI

A South Korean group that has urged North Korean waitresses resettled in the South to be repatriated and reunited with their families is denying accusations.