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Jetliner with more than 100 aboard crashes in Pakistan
A Pakistani airliner with more than 100 people aboard crashed Friday near the airport in Karachi as it attempted to land, authorities said.
On This Day, May 22: North, South Yemen unify
On May 22, 1990, after 150 apart, South Yemen and North Yemen united, forming the new Yemeni Arab Republic.
Earliest evidence of Italians' extraordinary genetic diversity dates back to 19,000 years ago
In Europe, Italians have the highest genetic diversity. The gradient of their genetic variability, scattered all over the peninsula, encloses on a small scale the whole genetic variance between southern...
Man who captured video of Ahmaud Arbery shooting charged with murder
William "Roddie" Bryan Jr., the man who captured the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery on video, was arrested Thursday on felony murder charges and criminal attempt to commit false imprisonment.
Why barrier contraceptives (like diaphragms) are so unpopular
The Prorace cervical cap took off in England in 1915. (Science Museum, London/)Donna J. Drucker is senior adviser in English as the Language of Instruction at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany. She’s most recently...
Raytheon nabs $92.4M for work on NASAMS
Raytheon was awarded a $92.4 million contract for work on the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System, the Pentagon announced Thursday.
Week 3: Watch 'Mad Max: Fury Road' director George Miller on the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown
Film critic Justin Chang and director George Miller discuss 'Mad Max: Fury Road' on the Ultimate Summer Movie Showdown.
Court says dinosaur fossils worth millions aren't minerals
Dinosaur fossils aren't minerals under state law, a divided Montana Supreme Court said in a ruling Wednesday that has implications in an ongoing legal battle over the ownership of millions...
Trump heads to Michigan amid clashes with state officials
President Trump heads to a Ford plant in Michigan for a visit already cloaked in controversy over his threats to cut funding to the battleground state and questions of whether...
'Anatomy of a Scandal' series in the works at Netflix
David E. Kelley is developing a new Netflix series based on the Sarah Vaughn novel "Anatomy of a Scandal."
YouTubers break Guinness World Record with Iftar livestream
A group of six Saudi Arabian YouTubers set a Guinness World Record when more than 180,000 people tuned in for an Iftar livestream.
How Parks Canada's online reservation system buckled — again — under the weight of would-be Banff campers
It's an annual ritual for many would-be campers: logging on to the Parks Canada online reservation system the moment it opens, only to see the website slow to a crawl...
On This Day, May 21: Clara Barton founds American Red Cross
On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross.
Michigan flood displaces thousands, threatens Superfund site
Floodwaters surging through Central Michigan on Wednesday were mixing with containment ponds at a Dow Chemical Co. plant and could displace sediment from a downstream Superfund site, though the company...
Rapidly decaying Titanic could disappear in decades
Time and tides have been unkind to the Titanic. Explorers on the first manned voyage in nearly 15 years were astonished to find its rapid decay. Charlie D'Agata explains.
Kevin Love, Maya Moore among finalists for Muhammad Ali award at ESPYS
Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore and New England Patriots defensive backs Devin and Jason McCourty were among the finalists for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian...
New research sheds light on the day the dinosaurs died: "We could have had a very different planet"
For the first time, we have a detailed picture of what happened in the 24 hours after an asteroid hit the Earth 65 million years ago and caused dinosaurs to...
Many Napa Valley restaurants (but not French Laundry) reopen. Customers slow to return
Napa Valley restaurants reopen, but customers are few. 'It will be a slow return.'
Supercomputer model simulations reveal cause of Neanderthal extinction
Climate scientists discover that according to new supercomputer model simulations, only competition between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens can explain the rapid demise of Neanderthals around 43 to 38 thousand years...
Oldest connection with Native Americans identified near Lake Baikal in Siberia
Using human population genetics, ancient pathogen genomics and isotope analysis, a team of researchers assessed the population history of the Lake Baikal region, finding the deepest connection to date between...
California man marrying his cat to raise money for animal shelter
A California man is seeking to raise money for an animal shelter by holding a wedding ceremony to marry his cat.
Scientists find out which of the metazoans has the smallest known genome
"Orthonectida is a group of parasitic creatures that was discovered long ago—in 1877. However, their position in the animal system until recently remained a mystery," said George Slyusarev, Professor at...
Scientists discover oldest link between Native Americans, ancient Siberians
Using genomic analysis, scientists have traced the oldest link between the earliest Native American populations and the people of Siberia's Lake Baikal region.
Backstreet Boys postpone North American leg of 'DNA' tour
The Backstreet Boys postponed dates of their "DNA" world tour due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Hobby Lobby accuses Christie's of selling ancient artifact fraudulently
Hobby Lobby sued Christie's on Tuesday, accusing the auction house of selling it an ancient artifact that had been looted.
The oldest genetic link between Asians and Native Americans was found in Siberia
DNA gleaned from a roughly 14,000-year-old fragment of a human tooth suggests that people inhabiting a surprisingly large swath of Asia were the ancestors of the first Americans. This tooth, unearthed at a...
Michigan river rises to highest level ever after dam break
A dam breach in central Michigan that forced thousands to evacuate has swelled the Tittabawasse River to its highest level in history, forecasters said Wednesday.
Oldest connection with Native Americans identified near Lake Baikal in Siberia
Using human population genetics, ancient pathogen genomics and isotope analysis, a team of researchers assessed the population history of the Lake Baikal region, finding the deepest connection to date between...