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Famous birthdays for July 9: Jimmy Smits, Jack White
Actor Jimmy Smits turns 70 and musician Jack White turns 50, among the famous birthdays for July 9.
Pythons can devour bones thanks to unique stomach cells
Few predators swallow their prey whole. Even fewer can digest their meals with bones and all. But for some reptiles like the Burmese python (Python bivittatus), calcium-rich skeletons aren’t a digestive concern—they’re a...
Youngest basaltic lunar meteorite fills nearly one billion-year gap in moon's volcanic history
A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our understanding of the moon's volcanic history.
People in Nordic region are more satisfied than other EU citizens with big city life
Are you young, female, well-educated, in a job, and live in a big city in a rich EU country? If you answer yes to all these questions, you're probably among...
Shipwreck fragment linked to one of WWII’s strangest rescue tales
A few flecks of residual paint and an engraved anchor were enough to link mystery wreckage at the bottom of the South Pacific to the saga of the USS New Orleans. Researchers...
German paper challenges invasive raccoon myths
Raccoons are often seen as cute and harmless wildlife—but that is a misconception. "Raccoons are native animals," "They reproduce faster when hunted," "Everything about raccoons has already been said"—these are...
'Lord of the Rings' director backs long shot de-extinction plan, starring New Zealand's lost moa
Filmmaker Peter Jackson owns one of the largest private collections of bones of an extinct New Zealand bird called the moa. His fascination with the flightless ostrich-like bird has led...
France wildfire shuts down Marseille airport
A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic as the blaze spread rapidly to the edges of the southern French city.
Sask. researchers discover how T. Rex might have healed from injuries
Researchers from the University of Regina have been studying a fracture in a rib fossil from the province's famous Scotty the Tyrannosaurus rex to explore how dinosaurs healed after an...
380-million-year-old lungfish jawbones reveal ancient eating habits of Earth's first land animals
Predatory fish that evolved into the first terrestrial animals on Earth are still revealing insights into the origins of mammals—including new research into the eating habits of lobe-finned fish which...
15th century holy books of Ethiopian Jewry discovered—the oldest found to date
A Rare Discovery: A traveling workshop of TAU's Orit Guardians program discovered two 15th-century Orit books—the oldest found to date in the possession of Beta Israel.
King Charles III greets French President Emmanuel Macron on state visit
French President Emmanuel Macron was welcomed Tuesday in London by Britain's King Charles III for a three-day state visit in the first since 2008 by France's leader.
Look: Tim Tebow, wife Demi-Leigh introduce daughter Daphne
Former NFL player Tim Tebow and his wife, Demi-Leigh, are introducing their baby girl to the world.
Iron Age kohl in Iran: Kani Koter cemetery reveals a previously unknown recipe
An international research team has found that black eye makeup used between the 9th and 7th centuries BCE in the northwest of today's Iran contained natural graphite and manganese oxide—unlike...
Spotted lanternflies are emerging in huge numbers. Don't panic, says entomologist
The black-and-white nymphs may be crawling all over your flower beds. You're skirting (or smashing) the red-and-black adolescents as you stroll down the sidewalk. And now, they're about to become...
Neanderthal DNA could be cause of some modern brain malformations
If you regularly experience headaches, dizziness, balance problems and blurred vision, our Neanderthal cousins could be to blame.
Re-examination of Manitoba fossil leads to naming of new genus of placoderm fish
Manitoba is well-known for its fossil record, including the fossil-filled, world-famous Ordovician-aged Tyndall Stone and the world's largest mosasaurs, or marine reptiles, from the Cretaceous period. However, there are other...
Purplish creature found in volcanic fjord is new species named after Darth Vader
In the waters of Papua New Guinea's Tufi region, known for its dramatic volcanic fjords, an unusual fish sat perched on a massive rocky coral outcrop.
Graph-Based Pan-Genome: A New Key to Unlocking Genetic Variation in Chickens?
A study by Professor Yinhua Huang's team at China Agricultural University has for the first time constructed a "graph-based pan-genome" for chickens, providing a new tool for efficient mining of...
Massive blocks from the Lighthouse of Alexandria, an ancient wonder, hauled up from the Mediterranean
French and Egyptian researchers are making a "digital twin" of the Lighthouse of Alexandria in Egypt after lifting its ancient submerged blocks out of the Mediterranean Sea.
Fireflies on the rise? Montrealers spotting more lightning bugs in their backyards
The sightings have some asking if the insects are returning or if they just went unnoticed. Experts say the rain and humidity are contributing to the increase in firefly population...
Residents wear masks as volcanic ash blankets villages near erupting Indonesian volcano
Residents wore masks to protect themselves from thick volcanic ash that blanketed roads and green rice fields in villages in south-central Indonesia as rumbling Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki erupted Tuesday...
Famous birthdays for July 8: Anjelica Huston, Kevin Bacon
Actor Anjelica Huston turns 74 and actor Kevin Bacon turns 67, among the famous birthdays for July 8.
A pointless fashion trend or something else? Chimpanzees wear blades of grass in their ears and rears
A team of researchers from Utrecht University, Durham University, and other institutions have observed something remarkable at a chimpanzee sanctuary in Zambia. Several chimpanzees from one particular group were seen...
Rare form of leprosy infected people in Americas before European arrival, 4,000-year-old bones suggest
Roughly 4,000-year-old bones from Chile contain genetic evidence of leprosy, suggesting that a rare form of the bacteria that causes the disease may have been circulating in the Americas and...
U.S. Air Force cancels plans to build Starship landing pads on island bird sanctuary
The U.S. military is suspending its efforts to secure a small Pacific island as the test landing site for a new program using rockets to rapidly deliver cargo anywhere on...
'Tim Rex in Space' to premiere Aug. 4 on Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon announced "Tim Rex in Space," a new animated series aimed at preschool-aged children, will premiere on the cable network Aug. 4.
Eva Pilgrim to take anchor's chair on 'Inside Edition'
Journalist Eva Pilgrim will serve as the next anchor of "Inside Edition," replacing outgoing anchor Deborah Norville.