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James Baldwin as seen against the backdrop of racial upheaval
The late writer and activist James Baldwin was an angry man. Furious about racism in the nation and the homophobia of his time, he was also deeply disappointed by the Civil Rights...
For chimpanzees, salt and pepper hair not a marker of old age
Silver strands and graying hair is a sign of aging in humans, but things aren't so simple for our closest ape relatives—the chimpanzee. A new study published today in the...
Low air pressure in wife's truck tire leads man to $2 million lottery jackpot
A Michigan man said a low tire in his wife's truck turned out to be lucky when he stopped to get change for the air pump and won a $2...
No evidence that predator control will save mountain caribou, study says
Addressing potential threats from predators has not slowed the dramatic decline of mountain caribou in British Columbia and Alberta, according to a new study by scientists from the University of...
29,000 years of Aboriginal history
The known timeline of the Aboriginal occupation of South Australia's Riverland region has been vastly extended by new research led by Flinders University in collaboration with the River Murray and...
Evolution after Chicxulub asteroid impact: Rapid response of life to end-cretaceous mass
The impact event that formed the Chicxulub crater (Yucatán Peninsula, México) caused the extinction of 75% of species on Earth 66 million years ago, including non-avian dinosaurs. One place that...
Evolution after Chicxulub asteroid impact: Rapid response of life to end-cretaceous mass
The impact event that formed the Chicxulub crater (Yucatán Peninsula, México) caused the extinction of 75% of species on Earth 66 million years ago, including non-avian dinosaurs. One place that...
Burger King addresses climate change by changing cows' diets
Burger King is staging an intervention with its cows.
The settlement of Europe could be the result of several imigration waves by a single population
The Dental Anthropology Group of the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), in collaboration with the paleoanthropologist Amélie Vialet of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) in...
Multi-disciplinary study provides evidence of forced migration by pre-colonial Incas
A team of researchers with members from several institutions in the U.S., one in the U.K. and one in Peru, has found evidence of forced migration by pre-colonial Incas. In...
Uniform vs. particolored plumage leads to reproductive isolation among crows, study finds
Although carrion crows and hooded crows are almost indistinguishable genetically, they avoid mating with each other. LMU researchers have now identified a mutation that appears to contribute to this instance...
Coronavirus: Why attitudes to masks have changed around the world
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump both publicly wore face masks for the first time. Why now?
Skulls of toothed whales have become more asymmetric over time, study finds
The skulls of toothed whales have become more asymmetric over time, according to a new study led by UCL and the Natural History Museum in London.
Third of Bangladesh underwater as monsoon drenches region
Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said Thursday, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains in...
Homo erectus hand ax found in East Africa
A team of researchers from Japan, Hong Kong and Ethiopia has found a hand ax that they believe was made by a possibly direct human ancestor in what is now...
Quebec makes masks mandatory in indoor public spaces
Masks or face coverings will be mandatory in all indoor public spaces across Quebec, beginning Saturday — the start of the two-week construction holiday, when tens of thousands of Quebecers...
Paradise regained then lost: Med mammals mourn lockdown end
When Europeans retreated into their homes to observe strict stay-at-home rules to contain the coronavirus, dolphins and whales on the Mediterranean coast basked and thrived in a hitherto unknown calm.
Fifteen bird photos that will make your heart sing
Least bittern. Amateur category; Top 100. (Davey Walters/Audubon Photography Awards/2020/)Whether it’s a gray-feathered bird plunging face first into a stream at Yosemite National Park or a jewel-like hummingbird frolicking in the fountain at...
Aztec palace's remains uncovered off Mexico City's main Zócalo plaza
The location of ruler Axayácatl's palace was later used by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
British army to cut armored vehicles acquired for war in Afghanistan
Massive armored trucks of the British Army now have little use and will be culled from the fleet, a plan revealed this month indicates.
5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
A loner and a hunter with highly developed territorial instincts, a cruel carnivore, a disobedient individual: the cat. These features make the species averse to domestication. Even so, we did...
Watch: Tiger fleeing flooding takes shelter in villager's goat shed
A tiger seeking refuge from flooding wandered into an Indian town and found shelter inside a resident's goat shed.
Study shows humans are optimists for most of life
Researchers have completed the largest study of its kind to determine how optimistic people are in life and when as well as how major life events affect how optimistic they...
DuPont to pay $3 million for pollution problems at La Porte, Texas, plant
Settlement aimed at cleaning up plant where 4 workers died
This 1.4-million-year-old hand ax adds to Homo erectus’ known toolkit
Homo erectus, a possible direct ancestor of people today, crafted a surprisingly cutting-edge tool out of a hippo’s leg bone around 1.4 million years ago, researchers say. This find is a rare...
Coronavirus masks, gloves polluting Europe's rivers
Europe's major rivers are littered with surgical masks and medical gloves discarded by people protecting themselves against coronavirus, scientists have reported.
Dozens die in wave of Taliban attacks in northern Afghanistan
The Taliban led a wave of attacks Sunday and Monday through northern Afghanistan killing dozens of security force members in the latest sign of the breakdown in peace talks.
Gigantic, red and full of spots
Starspots are more common among red giant stars than previously thought. Astronomers report that approximately eight percent of red giants exhibit such spots. Although red giants are generally regarded as...