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On This Day, Sept. 7: Nazi Germany launches London Blitz
On Sept. 7, 1940, Nazi Germany launched the London blitz, bombings that Adolf Hitler believed would soften Britain for invasion.
A day in the life of an eagle wrangler
Lauren McGough hunts with her golden eagle. (Jenna Close/Courtesy of P2 Photography/)This article was originally published by Coffee or Die Magazine on August 19, 2018. For more stories like this, visit www.coffeeordie.com.Lauren McGough and her Kazakh mentor...
'Tenet' tops the North American box office with $20.2M
Christopher Nolan's spy thriller "Tenet" is the No. 1 movie at North American theaters, earning $20.2 million in receipts this weekend, BoxOfficeMojo.com announced on Sunday.
Shark researchers size up real 'Megalodon' for first time
A study reveals true scale of the prehistoric mega-shark made famous in Jason Statham's The Meg.
U.S. Open tennis: Novak Djokovic, Naomi Osaka reach fourth round
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic remained perfect this year and advanced to the fourth round of the U.S. Open with a straight-sets win over Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff.
Look: Pickup truck attempting to park ends up in retention pond
Authorities in Florida said a pickup truck had to be fished out of the retention pond outside a courthouse when the driver's boot became stuck on the accelerator while attempting...
Enzyme doesn't need oxygen to make ethylene
Finding offers a possibly safer biosynthetic route to the important feedstock
Sara Haines to return as 'The View' co-host in Season 24
Sara Haines said it's a "tremendous honor" to rejoin "The View" as a co-host in Season 24.
Harvard historian examines how textbooks taught white supremacy
Historian Donald Yacovone, an associate at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, was researching a book on the legacy of the antislavery movement when he came across some old history...
Soft, lightweight Turkish towels for bathrooms and beach trips
Turkish towels offer a softness and portability. (Amazon/)After using a Turkish towel, also known as a pestemal or fouta, you’ll never want to go back to your bulky, traditional bathroom towel. They’re flat...
Grass on ash: Uncovering 200,000 year old beds from South Africa
There is a fair amount of archeological evidence that indicates complex behavior among our ancestors. For instance, there are bone tools that were used as hunting projectiles, for working leather...
Mexican construction site may be world's biggest mammoth graveyard
The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts...
Training underway in Squamish, B.C., for giant mechanized exoskeleton pilots
An enormous and strange machine is being tested in the Squamish Valley, as its creator begins to train adventurous donors to the project on how to operate the unique mechanized...
'Mammoth central' found at Mexico airport construction site
The number of mammoth skeletons recovered at an airport construction site north of Mexico City has risen to at least 200, with a large number still to be excavated, experts...
Rochester, N.Y., mayor suspends 7 officers involved in death of Daniel Prude
The mayor of Rochester, N.Y., on Thursday suspended seven police officers involved in the arrest of a Black man that resulted in his death after they covered his head and...
True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed
A new study has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human.
Drone survey reveals large earthwork at ancestral Wichita site in Kansas
A Dartmouth-led study using multisensor drones has revealed a large circular earthwork at what may be Etzanoa, an archaeological site near Wichita, Kansas. Archaeologists speculate that the site was visited...
New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization
A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. He outlined the new technique he developed and showed how...
Rescuers hoist horse from mud pit in Massachusetts
Emergency responders in Massachusetts said they used a backhoe to hoist a horse that was stranded in a deep pit of mud.
Megafire does not deter Yosemite's spotted owls
In 2013 the Rim Fire—the largest fire on record in the Sierra Nevada—burned one third of the potential California Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis) habitat in Yosemite National Park. The...
New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization
A researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. A new article outlines the technique he developed and shows...
New mathematical method shows how climate change led to fall of ancient civilization
A Rochester Institute of Technology researcher developed a mathematical method that shows climate change likely caused the rise and fall of an ancient civilization. In an article recently featured in...
Look: Selena Gomez launches Rare Beauty makeup line
"Ice Cream" singer Selena Gomez celebrated the debut of Rare Beauty, her makeup line for Sephora.
Limestone artifacts from ancient royal mansion unearthed in Jerusalem
Archaeologists have unearthed the remnants of an ancient royal mansion in Jerusalem. The discovery, including several intricately carved, soft limestone artifacts, was revealed on Thursday.
New dating of Nebra sky disk
Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early Bronze Age and therefore the world's oldest depiction of the cosmos. Archaeologists from Goethe University Frankfurt and...
True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed
To date only the length of the legendary giant shark Megalodon had been estimated but now, a new study led by the University of Bristol and Swansea University has revealed...
Nature's soundtrack returns after centurylong absence
Bird calls can be iconic, and to many Missourians, some have come to define landscapes. Waking up to the complex song of an eastern meadowlark in grassy fields at dawn,...
Watch: 'No Time to Die': Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas join forces in new trailer
Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas team up in the newest trailer for upcoming James Bond film, "No Time to Die."