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Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?

3 weeks ago from Physorg

The recent death of Australian man Jason Kennison after reaching the summit of Mount Everest highlights how dangerous mountain climbing can be.

Examining the portrayal of climate change in history textbooks

3 weeks ago from Physorg

California and Texas textbooks have their differences when it comes to teaching teenagers about American history and the way that subjects like race, gender, and immigration weave through it. But...

Watch: Mysterious boom rattles several South Carolina communities

3 weeks ago from UPI

Authorities in South Carolina are investigating the cause of a mysterious boom that woke residents and shook homes in multiple cities, and officials said they do not believe an earthquake...

More nautilids may have survived the mass extinction at the end of the Triassic period than previously thought

3 weeks ago from Physorg

The end of the Triassic period, 201 million years ago, is considered one of the greatest mass extinction events in the history of the Earth. The main cause of this...

The Roman Empire smelled of patchouli

3 weeks ago from Newswise - Scinews

A research team at the University of Cordoba has identified, for the first time, the composition of a Roman perfume more than 2,000 years old thanks tothe discovery of a...

Researchers report use of NSO Group spyware against Armenia in military conflict

3 weeks ago from UPI

Researchers reported Thursday that Azerbaijan and the NSO Group, a previous client of Azerbaijan, have used military-grade spyware to hack members of the Armenia civil society and others.

Saddle unearthed in China may be oldest ever found

3 weeks ago from Physorg

An international team of archaeologists has found what may be the earliest known saddle at a dig site in China. In their paper published in the journal Archaeological Research in...

'Bioprospecting' technique uncovers viruses that can kill deadly superbugs

3 weeks ago from Physorg

In a modern take on the Victorian gold rush, a Monash University-led project is successfully "bioprospecting" for viruses known as phages that can kill deadly superbugs.

Massive dino from Brazil ate 'like a pelican,' controversial new study finds. Why is it causing an uproar?

3 weeks ago from Live Science

The study reveals new information about the carnivorous dinosaur Irritator challengeri, but the research has been criticized because the fossils may have been illegally removed from Brazil.

Genetic research offers new perspective on the early evolution of animals

3 weeks ago from Newswise - Scinews

A study published by MBARI researchers and their collaborators today in Nature provides new insights about one of the earliest points in animal evolution that happened more than 700 million...

Two police officers, one woman killed in Japan shooting, stabbing

3 weeks ago from UPI

Two police officers and another person were killed in a shooting and stabbing attack Thursday in Nagano, Japan.

Famous birthdays for May 26: Stevie Nicks, Lenny Kravitz

3 weeks ago from UPI

Singer Stevie Nicks turns 75 and rocker Lenny Kravitz turns 59, among the famous birthdays for May 26.

Andean long-tailed chinchillas are mysteriously thriving on Chile’s coast

3 weeks ago from PopSci

Camera trap footage captured a coastal long-tailed chinchilla moving about during the daytime—an exceedingly rare activity—near Antofagasta, Chile. Photo by Alejandro Peñaloza This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and...

Danish masters prepped canvases with leftovers from brewing beer

3 weeks ago from Physorg

Danish painters in the 19th century may have turned to an unusual source for some of their supplies: breweries.

Fossil tells the 'tail' of an ancient beast

3 weeks ago from Physorg

Approximately 200 million years ago, Antarctica was attached to South America, Africa, India, and Australia in a single "supercontinent" called Gondwana. Paleontologists have long wondered about the unique mammals that...

Lost since 1362: Researchers discover the church of a sunken medieval trading place

3 weeks ago from Physorg

The medieval trading center of Rungholt, which is today located in the UNESCO Wadden Sea World Heritage Site and currently the focus of interdisciplinary research, drowned in a storm surge...

Alex Murdaugh accused of new financial crimes

3 weeks ago from UPI

Alex Murdaugh, the South Carolina attorney who was found guilty of murdering his wife and son, was indicted Wednesday on charges of bank fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Rock legend Tina Turner dies at age 83

3 weeks ago from UPI

Tina Turner's official Facebook page announced the singer's death on Wednesday at age 83.

Beer was the backdrop to Danish Golden Age masterpieces

3 weeks ago from Science NOW

It’s said that art imitates life, but painters in 19th century Denmark really took that adage to heart. The so-called Danish Golden Age of painting, which lasted from about 1800 to 1850, coincided...

One student killed, second in custody in Pittsburgh special education school shooting

3 weeks ago from UPI

One student is in custody after another student was killed Wednesday morning in a shooting near a special education school in Pittsburgh.

19th century painters may have primed their canvases with beer-brewing leftovers

3 weeks ago from Sciencenews.org

Beer breweries’ trash may have been Danish painters’ treasure. The base layer of several paintings created in Denmark in the mid-1800s contains remnants of cereal grains and brewer’s yeast, the latter being a...

Puzzling rings may be finger loops from prehistoric weapon systems, research finds

3 weeks ago from Physorg

When most researchers looked at a puzzling group of artifacts discovered at French archaeological sites, they presumed these to be ornaments or clothing. But Justin Garnett saw something else.

From beloved West African cuisine to Canadian road salt, corrosion study opens new path

3 weeks ago from Physorg

What does a traditional West African dish have to do with road salt spread across snowy Canadian streets every winter?

What if dinosaurs were already in decline when the asteroid struck?

3 weeks ago from Physorg

Non-avian dinosaurs were probably in decline long before an asteroid smashing into the Yucatan Peninsula 66 million years ago sealed their fate, according to a University of Alberta paleontologist who...

'The Hill We Climb' poet Amanda Gorman 'gutted' by request to remove book from Florida library

3 weeks ago from UPI

Poet Amanda Gorman said she was "gutted" by an attempt to remove the poem she read at President Joe Biden's inauguration from a Florida school.

Watch: Man returns overdue book checked out by grandfather-in-law 96 years earlier

3 weeks ago from UPI

A California man who returned a library book that was found to be 96 years overdue said he believes the tome was originally checked out by his deceased wife's grandfather.

The north pole of Uranus has a stormy vortex and we've just seen it for the 1st time (photo)

3 weeks ago from Space.com

Once thought to be drab and inert, Uranus' atmosphere is gradually revealing how storm-ridden it really is.

Spiny mice found to have bone-plated tails

3 weeks ago from Physorg

Mammals are a bit odd when it comes to bones. Rather than the bony plates and scales of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, dinosaurs and fish, mammals long ago traded in their...