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Hot pots helped ancient Siberian hunters stay alive, warm

6 years ago from UPI

Without heat-resistant pots, ancient Siberian hunters might have disappeared during the last ice age. According to a new study, these hardy humans survived the frigid temps with the help of...

How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution

6 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers compared modern and ancient animals to explore how mammalian vertebrae have evolved into sophisticated physical structures that can carry out multiple functions. The comparison between complex spine of cats,...

2 killed, 1 injured in shooting at Texas A&M University-Commerce

6 years ago from UPI

Two people were killed Monday and another person injured in a shooting at Texas A&M-Commerce University.

Chiefs' Patrick Mahomes on contract: 'That's stuff handled with other people'

6 years ago from UPI

Super Bowl LIV MVP Patrick Mahomes said Monday that a future contract extension with the Kansas City Chiefs is "stuff handled with other people."

Watch: Charging deer knocks man over in McDonald's parking lot

6 years ago from UPI

A security camera in the parking lot of a McDonald's in North Carolina captured the moment a deer ran through the area and tackled a man walking back to his...

Hot pots helped ancient Siberian hunters survive the Ice Age

6 years ago from Science Daily

A new study shows that ancient Siberian hunters created heat resistant pots so that they could cook hot meals - surviving the harshest seasons of the ice age by extracting...

Look: Escaped cow peeks through windows, visits store parking lot

6 years ago from UPI

A loose cow went for a stroll around a British town and was seen peering into the windows of homes before heading into a grocery store parking lot.

How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution

6 years ago from Physorg

A new study from Harvard University and the Field Museum of Natural History sheds light on how and when changes in the spine happened in mammal evolution. The research reveals...

French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver

6 years ago from Physorg

Despite being considered as one of the best studied spiders in the Palearctic, the orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) remain poorly known in the central parts of the ecozone. To bridge...

Harvard researchers examine how mammal spines evolve

6 years ago from Harvard Science

From the long necks of giraffes that help them reach treetops to the flexibility of a cheetah’s spine that helps it go from zero to sixty in three seconds, mammals not only...

Man, 62, to attempt to retake plank position record

6 years ago from UPI

A 62-year-old fitness enthusiast said he will make one last attempt at retaking the Guinness World Record for longest abdominal plank.

One single primitive turtle resisted mass extinction in the northern hemisphere

6 years ago from Physorg

Sixty-six million years ago, in the emerged lands of Laurasia—now the northern hemisphere—a primitive land tortoise, measuring about 60 cm, managed to survive the event that killed the dinosaurs. It...

Leaked recording suggests Iran immediately knew it shot down airliner

6 years ago from UPI

A leaked recording between Iranian air traffic control and an Iranian pilot suggests aviation authorities knew immediately that missiles shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane on Jan. 8, killing 176...

In Photos: Moments from the 2020 BAFTA red carpet

6 years ago from UPI

Stars attend the red carpet at the British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London on February 2, 2020.

Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop series on Netflix slammed by NHS chief

Sir Simon Stevens accuses Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop Lab of spreading "myths and misinformation".

Study likens Earth’s evolution to creation of Frankenstein’s monster

6 years ago from Harvard Science

When the Earth was born, it was a mess. Lightning storms and meteors likely bombarded the planet’s surface, a barren wasteland with little but chemicals present. How life formed amid such chaos is...

Elizabeth Banks feted as Hasty’s Woman of the Year

6 years ago from Harvard Science

From her work on “The Hunger Games” Elizabeth Banks has seen (and worn!) wigs that resemble a luminescent Vesuvius, DayGlo eyeshadow, and gowns in colors charitably described as aggressive. Though typically not while...

Newcastle University films grey seals clapping underwater

Dr Ben Burville spent 17 years trying to become the first person to record them making the noise.

'1917,' Joaquin Phoenix, Renee Zellweger win big at BAFTA Awards

6 years ago from UPI

"1917" was named Best Film and Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards in London on Sunday.

'Terrorist-related' stabbings in Britain injure 3; police kill suspect

6 years ago from UPI

British officers shot and killed a man after at least three people were injured in what police described as a terrorist-related incident on Sunday.

'Terrorist-related' stabbings in Britain injure 3; police kill suspect

6 years ago from UPI

British officers shot and killed a man after at least three people were injured in what police described as a terrorist-related incident on Sunday.

'Terrorist-related' stabbings in Britain injure 3; police kill suspect

6 years ago from UPI

British officers shot and killed a man after at least three people were injured in what police described as a terrorist-related incident on Sunday.

'Bad Boys For Life' tops North American box office for 3rd weekend

6 years ago from UPI

"Bad Boys For Life" is the No. 1 movie in North America for a third weekend, earning an additional $17.7 million in receipts, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced Sunday.

'Parasite,' 'Jojo Rabbit' scribes win Writers Guild Awards

6 years ago from UPI

"Parasite" scribes Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Film Screenplay on Saturday.

British officers shoot and kill man;two injured in 'terrorist-related' incident

6 years ago from UPI

British police shot and killed a man after at least two people were stabbed in what they described as a terrorist-related incident on Sunday.

Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as new prime minister-designate

6 years ago from UPI

Protests broke out in the streets of Iraq Saturday after Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi was named Iraq's minister-designate.

South Africa police search for killers of 9 illegal miners stoned to death

6 years ago from UPI

South Africa police said Saturday they have taken 87 people into custody for questioning in the search for killers of nine illegal miners stoned to death Friday in an alleged...

Rescued koalas named after Americans who died fighting bush fires

6 years ago from UPI

Three koalas displaced and injured in Australia's ongoing bush fires have been named after three American aerial fighters killed in an air-tanker crash in New South Wales last week.