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Watch live: Army Ranger who rescued 75 hostages in Iraq receives Medal of Honor
President Donald Trump will present the Medal of Honor Friday to Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas "Patrick" Payne for his actions saving dozens of hostages facing execution by the Islamic State...
Seven dead in protests over man killed by police in Colombia
Authorities said seven people have died in protests over the killing of Javier Humberto Ordonez who died after police repeatedly shocked him with a stun gun.
22 of the weirdest concept motorcycles ever made
This story originally featured on Cycle World.Call them what you will—show bikes, concept bikes, future bikes, whatever—they’ve been around for a long time. Sometimes they point the way to the future, most of...
Coming up for air: Extinct sea scorpions could breathe out of water, fossil detective unveils
Through computed tomography (CT) imaging, geologists found evidence of air breathing in a 340 million-year-old sea scorpion, or eurypterid.
Coming up for air: Extinct sea scorpions could breathe out of water, fossil detective unveils
Scientists have long debated the respiratory workings of sea scorpions, but a new discovery by a West Virginia University geologist concludes that these largely aquatic extinct arthropods breathed air on...
Rare, 102-carat flawless white diamond expected to fetch millions at auction
Sotheby's said Thursday it will auction a 102-carat, flawless white oval diamond in Hong Kong next month, and expects it could fetch as much as $30 million.
Watch: 'The Spanish Princess': Queen Catherine returns in 'Part Two' trailer
Charlotte Hope's Queen Catherine is back and fighting for her throne in the new trailer for the second half of Starz's "The Spanish Princess."
A new way to solve thermal maturity of marine shales with high-over maturities
Laser Raman spectroscopy parameters of pure organic matter (e.g., vitrinite, solid bitumen) in sedimentary rocks have been widely applied for maturity determination, but there is a lack of relevant studies...
Watch: Vermont divers discover paddle wheels from 201-year-old shipwreck
A diver exploring Vermont's Lake Champlain with his wife said the couple made a startling discovery: two paddle wheels from a 201-year-old steamboat shipwreck.
Extinction Rebellion: Nuclear power 'only option' says former spokeswoman
Zion Lights says a car-crash TV interview led her to rethink her support for Extinction Rebellion.
Study of ancient rocks suggests oxygen depletion in oceans led to end-Triassic mass extinction
A team of researchers from the U.K., China, and Italy has found evidence that suggests oxygen depletion in the world's oceans led to the end-Triassic mass extinction. In their paper...
New insights into Earth's carbon cycle
In a new study led by a University of Alberta Ph.D. student, researchers used diamonds as breadcrumbs to provide insight into some of Earth's deepest geologic mechanisms.
Bridging America's divides requires a willingness to work together without becoming friends first
Amid two crises—the pandemic and the national reckoning sparked by the killing of George Floyd—there have been anguished calls for Americans to come together across lines of race and partisanship....
Watch: Kevin Hart says basketball dreams ended at camp with Kobe Bryant
Kevin Hart appeared on "The Tonight Show" and said his dreams of becoming a basketball star were crushed after he attended a camp with late NBA great Kobe Bryant.
Drones find signs of a Native American ‘Great Settlement’ beneath a Kansas pasture
Specially equipped drones flying over a Kansas cattle ranch have detected the buried remnants of a horseshoe-shaped ditch made more than 400 years ago by ancestors of today’s Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, scientists...
Think 2020's disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don't usually catch fire are in flames.
Chiefs, Texans to launch NFL season amid COVID-19 caution
An NFL season that once seemed improbable due to the coronavirus pandemic will get underway Thursday when the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs host the Houston Texans in front...
Columbus may not have introduced syphilis to Europe, study says
Explorer Christopher Columbus, long blamed for bringing syphilis to Europe from the New World, may have gotten a bad rap, new research suggests.
Santa Fe art dealer, treasure-hider Forrest Fenn dies at 90
Forrest Fenn, the millionaire Santa Fe, N.M., art dealer, combat pilot and concealer of a $1 million treasure chest, has died at age 90, Santa Fe police said.
Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh survives bomb blast, at least 10 killed
A bomb in Kabul killed at least 10 people on Wednesday but its target, Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh, survived with minimal injuries.
Pentagon to withdraw 2,200 U.S. troops from Iraq this month
The Pentagon will scale down the U.S. military presence in Iraq this month by more than 2,000 troops, the top commander in the Middle East said Wednesday.
Watch: Teacher breaks 'swuggling' record in Oregon pool
An Oregon man broke a Guinness World Record for "swuggling" -- swimming while juggling -- when he completed 101 catches without interruption.
Rams sign CB Jalen Ramsey to $105M contract extension
The Los Angeles Rams on Wednesday signed All-Pro cornerback Jalen Ramsey to a five-year contract extension.
Humans, not climate, have driven rapidly rising mammal extinction rate
Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new study.
Watch: Mary J. Blige was 'embarrassed' for Lil Kim at 1999 MTV VMAs
Mary J. Blige said she was angry when Diana Ross touched Lil Kim's breast onstage at the MTV Video Music Awards in 1999.
New fossil ape discovered in India
A 13-million-year-old fossil unearthed in northern India comes from a newly discovered ape, the earliest known ancestor of the modern-day gibbon. The discovery fills a major void in the ape...
Humans, not climate, have driven rapidly rising mammal extinction rate
Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Science Advances.
When did we become fully human? What fossils and DNA tell us about the evolution of modern intelligence
When did something like us first appear on the planet? It turns out there's remarkably little agreement on this question. Fossils and DNA suggest people looking like us, anatomically modern...