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Kim Jong Un fertilizer plant unfinished during ribbon-cutting ceremony
North Korea may have never completed the Sunchon Phosphate Fertilizer Plant on May 1, when Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance following a 20-day absence.
Uncovering the two 'faces' of the Earth
New Curtin University-led research has uncovered how rocks sourced from the Earth's mantle are linked to the formation and breakup of supercontinents and super oceans over the past 700 million...
Ethnolinguistic diversity slows down urban growth
Where various ethnic groups live together, cities grow at a slower rate. That is the conclusion based on worldwide data that shows how the diversity of language groups in 1975...
WWE Raw: Drew McIntyre, Asuka team up against Dolph Ziggler, Sasha Banks
WWE Champion Drew McIntyre and Raw Women's Champion Asuka joined forces to take on the pairing of Dolph Ziggler and Women's Tag Team Champion Sasha Banks on Raw.
Ethnolinguistic diversity slows down urban growth
Where various ethnic groups live together, cities grow at a slower rate. That is the conclusion reached by a researcher from the University of Basel and his colleagues based on...
Witnesses testify before Congress on police force during Lafayette Park protest
Witnesses testified in Congressional hearings Monday about teargas and police violence when Park Police cleared out peaceful protesters at Lafayette Square in advance of President Donald Trump's photo opportunity June...
Judge sets potential trial date for officers charged in George Floyd killing
A judge in Minnesota set a tentative date of March 8, 2021, to begin trials for the four officers charged in the death of George Floyd.
Asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs
Modelling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to live in.
Ancient Japanese birds looked a lot like New Zealand's monster penguins
New analysis suggests New Zealand's giant penguins and a much younger group of Northern Hemisphere birds, the plotopterids, were physically quite similar.
Watch Live: Accused 'Golden State Killer,' Joseph DeAngelo, 74, pleads guilty
The 74-year-old retired California police officer accused of committing multiple murders and attacks during the '70s and '80s as the "Golden State Killer" took a plea deal to avoid the...
Asteroid impact, not volcanoes, made the Earth uninhabitable for dinosaurs
Modelling of the Chicxulub asteroid impact 66 million years ago shows it created a world largely unsuitable for dinosaurs to live in.
Expeditions app puts Arnold Arboretum in the palm of your hand
The sound of the Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum is about to change, as an innovative new app brings the scope of its landscape to life. Expeditions — a free, interactive mobile tour app...
Watch: Man takes 92 wet sponge hits to the face for Guinness record
An Idaho man with more than 150 Guinness World Records to his name took 92 hits to the face from wet sponges to break his latest record.
New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial—Mukupirna nambensis—that was unearthed in central Australia are so different from all other previously known extinct animals that it has been placed...
New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert
A giant marsupial that roamed prehistoric Australia 25 million years ago is so different from its wombat cousins that scientists have had to create a new family to accommodate it.
Origin of domesticated chicken identified
A very large international team of researchers has identified the origin of the domesticated chicken. In their paper published in the journal Cell Research, the group outlines the extensive genetic...
Gunmen attack Pakistan Stock Exchange; several killed
Security forces in Karachi on Monday thwarted an attack by gunmen who opened fire on the Pakistan Stock Exchange, killing several people.
Non-tobacco plant identified in ancient pipe for first time
People in what is now Washington State were smoking Rhus glabra, a plant commonly known as smooth sumac, more than 1,400 years ago. The discovery marks the first-time scientists have...
Who doesn't trust Lucy Jones in a crisis? Here's what she has to say about the coronavirus pandemic
Lucy Jones has gotten us through many a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic may be different from an earthquake, but her analysis of it, in a new podcast, is as steady...
Who doesn't trust Lucy Jones in a crisis? Here's what she has to say about the coronavirus pandemic
Lucy Jones has gotten us through many a crisis. The coronavirus pandemic may be different from an earthquake, but her analysis of it, in a new podcast, is as steady...
More fragments from 1952 crash in Alaska found in glacier
A lucky Buddha figurine, a flight suit, several 3-cent stamps, a crumpled 1952 Mass schedule for St. Patrick's Church in Washington, D.C., and 480 bags containing individual human remains.
First Viking ship excavation in a century begins in Norway
Just three other well-preserved vessels from the period have been discovered in the Scandinavian country.
Baseball Hall of Fame reopens after three-month shutdown due to pandemic
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., has reopened its doors after being closed for more than three months because of the coronavirus pandemic.
New conclusions about ‘convergent evolution’ of saber-tooth cats
Saber-tooth cats often conjure images of fearsome predators. But of the nearly 100 unique ‘types’ of saber-tooths that wandered the earth, researchers have determined that was not always the case....
From the lab, the first cartilage-mimicking gel that’s strong enough for knees
The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person’s weight, but soft and supple enough to cushion the...
MicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa
Researchers used microCT to study and re-study arthropod fossils from the early Cambrian in the Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China. Their latest study shows with unprecedented clarity...
Tiny Japanese dinosaur eggs help unscramble Cretaceous ecosystem
A research team has excavated over 1300 eggshell fossils from the Lower Cretaceous Ohyamashimo Formation of Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Over 96% of these fossils, including numerous fragments, four partial and...
Look: Crater of Diamonds visitor finds 2.23-carat brown diamond in the dirt
An Arkansas woman visiting the state's Crater of Diamonds State Park found a 2.23-carat brown diamond -- the largest discovery at the park this year.