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Hot pots helped ancient Siberian hunters stay alive, warm
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
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
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'
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
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
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
"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
"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
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
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
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
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.