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Collaboration yields insights into mosquito reproduction
As carriers for diseases like dengue and Zika, mosquitoes kill more than 1 million people each year and sicken hundreds of millions more. But a better understanding of mosquito reproduction...
Celebrated ancient Egyptian woman physician likely never existed
For decades, an ancient Egyptian known as Merit Ptah has been celebrated as the first female physician and a role model for women entering medicine. Yet a researcher now says...
Archaeologists reveal findings in 2,000-year-old Roman shipwreck
Archaeologists said Monday the discovery of one of the largest Roman shipwrecks ever in the Mediterranean Sea dates back some 2,000 years.
Advice from lottery winner leads man to $1 million jackpot
A Missouri man said some sage advice from a $10 million lottery winner led him to winning his own $1 million jackpot from a scratch-off ticket.
Collaboration yields insights into mosquito reproduction
As carriers for diseases like dengue and Zika, mosquitoes kill more than 1 million people each year and sicken hundreds of millions more. But a better understanding of mosquito reproduction...
Meteorites lend clues to origins of earliest history of solar system
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists and a collaborator from the University of Munster reviewed recent work that shows how meteorites exhibit a fundamental isotopic dichotomy between non-carbonaceous (NC) and...
Zimmerli Art Museum Offers New Tools for Visitors with Sensory-Related Disorders
The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University-New Brunswick is the first art museum in New Jersey to offer specialized tools to help visitors in the autism spectrum enjoy their visit...
'Legends of the Hidden Temple' reboot coming to Quibi
Nickelodeon game show "Legends of the Hidden Temple" will be revived as a new Quibi series.
Watch: Ohio city breaks Guinness record for wrapping presents
An Ohio city broke a festive Guinness World Record when 1,482 people gathered to wrap presents simultaneously.
Two-year-olds take feature roles in weekend horse racing
Two-year-olds took a feature role in weekend horse racing from Japan to Oklahoma and New York; Breeders' Cup crowned its first "Win and You're In" vicor; international racing came to...
Bird migration timing skewed by climate, new research finds
Life cycles for birds, insects and trees are shifting in this current era of a rapidly changing climate. How migration patterns, in particular, are changing and whether birds can track...
Grave of Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich dug up
Police in Berlin are investigating after the grave of high-ranking Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich was dug up.
UK insects struggling to find a home make a bee-line for foreign plants
Non-native plants are providing new homes for Britain's insects—some of which are rare on native plants, a new study has found.
Opinion: Why and how to debate climate change
What's the best way to debate a problem as big and complex as climate change? In his new book, Professor Mike Hulme from the Department of Geography argues that students...
Two in one: Fossil shells reveal both global mercury contamination and warming when dinosaurs perished
The impact of an asteroid or comet is acknowledged as the principal cause of the mass extinction that killed off most dinosaurs and about three-quarters of the planet’s plant and...
Small-scale atlatl artifacts suggest children were taught how to use them
A pair of researchers with the University of Alberta has found evidence that suggests early Native American adults taught children how to use an atlatl by making a smaller version...
A unique perspective on (pre)historical migration using linguistics
Migration is not only reflected in DNA, but also in language. By tracing changes in language, we learn more about the lifestyle of the people that speak it. University lecturer...
Commentary: It's not too late to save the birds of North America
Over three weeks starting Saturday, thousands of birders in the Western Hemisphere will take part in the annual, 119-year-old Audubon Christmas Bird Count. These tallies are conducted in prearranged circles...
Mysterious Denisovans emerged from the shadows in 2019
Denisovans’ days of Stone Age obscurity appear numbered. The mysterious “ghost clan” floated into view over a decade ago, when a bit of a girl’s pinkie bone, found in Siberia’s Denisova Cave, yielded...
'Chicken-and-egg' relationship between mantle-located superplumes and surface-located supercontinents
Curtin University researchers suggest a "chicken-and-egg" relationship exists between the Earth's mantle-located superplumes and surface-located supercontinents, adding their findings to a scientific community divided on what is happening deep inside...
Vikings defense forces seven Chargers turnovers in win
The Minnesota Vikings intercepted Philip Rivers three times and forced four fumbles in a dominant win against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Trump will cling to power -- and Republicans will cling to him
Donald Trump will survive the impeachment process in early 2020, no matter what malfeasance comes to light. The Republicans will protect their man at all costs.
WWE TLC: Roman Reigns battles King Corbin, Daniel Bryan returns
Roman Reigns was up against impossible odds and Daniel Bryan returned to get revenge on Universal Champion Bray Wyatt at WWE TLC, the company's final pay-per-view event of the year...
Fossil shells reveal both global mercury contamination and warming when dinosaurs perished
The impact of an asteroid or comet is acknowledged as the principal cause of the mass extinction that killed off most dinosaurs and about three-quarters of the planet's plant and...
Ancient 'coal dragon' is now the oldest parareptile ever found
A unique fossil that's “literally a black piece of coal” found in the dump of an 18th-century coal mine is revealing new insights about life before the rise of dinosaurs.
3 bodies discovered at the Alamo
Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three people buried in a monk burial room and nave at the historic Alamo Church in Texas, officials said.
Kansas City Chiefs cruise to win over Denver Broncos in blizzard
Patrick Mahomes threw for 340 yards and connected with Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce on a handful of big plays to guide the Kansas City Chiefs past the Denver Broncos...
In Photos: California church Nativity depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as caged refugees
Claremont United Methodist Church located about 25 miles east of Los Angeles sparked an immigration debate by displaying a Nativity scene depicting Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus as refugees...