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Major Midwest flooding ongoing; heavy rain moves to Carolinas

5 years ago from UPI

Major ongoing flooding has hit the Midwest from Illinois to Michigan amid heavy rainfall over the last few days.

Russian military helicopter crashes, killing crew

5 years ago from UPI

A Russian military helicopter crashed Tuesday near Moscow, killing the entire crew, the Ministry of Defense said.

Belmont Stakes rescheduled, will kick off Triple Crown series

5 years ago from UPI

The Belmont Stakes, normally the anchor leg of the Triple Crown, instead will kick off the iconic horse-racing series in this pandemic-scrambled year of sports.

A 300,000-year-old, nearly complete elephant skeleton from Schöningen

5 years ago from Physorg

Elephants ranged over Schöningen in Lower Saxony 300,000 years ago. In recent years, remains of at least ten elephants have been found at the Palaeolithic sites situated on the edges...

Israeli dig finds 2,000-year-old underground complex near Western Wall in Jerusalem

5 years ago from UPI

Archaeologists have uncovered a 2,000-year-old underground compound near Jerusalem's Western Wall that hasn't been seen in generations, officials said Tuesday.

Historical films may be decaying much faster than we thought thanks to 'vinegar syndrome'

5 years ago from Physorg

A significant chunk of the world's history is facing an existential threat. US government deeds, recordings of Indigenous Australians and photographs of English seaside life spanning three decades are just...

WWE Raw: Drew McIntyre battles SmackDown's King Corbin

5 years ago from UPI

WWE Champion Drew McIntyre faced off against SmackDown's King Corbin on Raw.

Elaphrosaur: Rare dinosaur identified in Australia

The elaphrosaur roamed Australia 110 million years ago and was related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Letters to the Editor: Hey, fearless mask refusers, covering up is meant to protect others, not yourself

5 years ago from LA Times - Health

In Hong Kong, residents masked up as soon as word of a coronavirus outbreak got around. In the U.S., some think not wearing a mask is a sign of bravery.

Column: Coronavirus should have reinvigorated conservative nationalists. Here's why it didn't

5 years ago from LA Times - Health

The outbreak was a gift delivered to nationalists, but they were too busy fighting the culture wars to sign for it.

Famous birthdays for May 19: Pete Townshend, JoJo Siwa

5 years ago from UPI

Guitarist Pete Townshend turns 75 and TV personality JoJo Siwa turns 17, among the famous birthdays for May 19.

Local climate unlikely to drive the early COVID-19 pandemic

5 years ago from Science Blog

Local variations in climate are not likely to dominate the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Princeton University study published May 18 in the journal Science. The researchers found...

New study estimates the odds of life and intelligence emerging beyond our planet

5 years ago from Science Daily

Humans have been wondering whether we alone in the universe since antiquity. We know from the geological record that life started relatively quickly, as soon our planet's environment was stable...

Fossil of one of the last megaraptors on the planet found in Argentina

5 years ago from Reuters:Science

Paleontologists from the Argentine Museum of Natural Sciences said on Monday they found the 70-million-year-old remains of a megaraptor, making it one of the last carnivorous dinosaurs to inhabit the...

Man wins $200,000 on his way to a job interview

5 years ago from UPI

A North Carolina man who made a stop on his way to a job interview discovered it was his lucky day when he won $200,000 from a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Rosanne Cash earns MacDowell Medal, ceremony postponed to 2021

5 years ago from UPI

Rosanne Cash has earned the MacDowell Medal, celebrating artists, writers and composers, but the public celebration has been postponed until 2021, the artists' colony said Monday.

New study records dual hand use in early human relative

5 years ago from Physorg

Research by anthropologists at the University of Kent has identified hand use behaviour in fossil human relatives that is consistent with modern humans.

What a bone arrowhead from South Africa reveals about ancient human cognition

5 years ago from Physorg

The origin of bow hunting has been a hotly debated topic in archaeology for the past two decades. This is because knowing when it emerged has the potential to offer...

Australia's first elaphrosaur discovered in Victoria

5 years ago from Physorg

A chance discovery by a volunteer dinosaur digger has unearthed an unusual toothless dinosaur, known as an elaphrosaur, that roamed Australia 110 million years ago.

Culture clash shows in rockshelter 'grafitti'

5 years ago from Physorg

A hidden Murray River rockshelter speaks volumes about local Aboriginal and European settlement in the Riverland, with symbols of conflict—including a swastika symbol—discovered in Aboriginal rock art.

Video: The context of fossil hominid discoveries in Africa

5 years ago from Physorg

The fossil record of human ancestors in Africa presents a significant proportion of our evidence for human evolution. Discovered primarily around the Great Lakes of East Africa, the Riverine deposits...

North Korea denied abducting South Koreans on 1969 flight, document shows

5 years ago from UPI

North Korea denied allegations of abducting the crewmembers and passengers of a Korean Air Lines flight hijacked in 1969.

Colt Johnson, Larissa Dos Santos Lima returning for 'Happily Ever After'

5 years ago from UPI

TLC announced Colt Johnson, Larissa Dos Santos Lima, Kalani Faagata and Asuelu Pulaa will return for Season 5 of "90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After."

Saber-toothed anchovy relatives hunted in the sea 50 million years ago

5 years ago from Sciencenews.org

Less pizza topping and more toothy hunter, ancient anchovy kin once had quite the bite. Fossils show that these fish were armed with a mouthful of fearsome teeth. Each of the two...

Famous birthdays for May 18: Tina Fey, Ai Weiwei

5 years ago from UPI

Actor Tina Fey turns 50 and artist Ai Weiwei turns 63, among the famous birthdays for May 18.

One dead, one injured after Canadian Forces Snowbird jet crashes into B.C. home

5 years ago from UPI

One member of the Canadian Armed Forces was killed and another was seriously injured when a military acrobatic aircraft crashed Sunday in British Columbia.

Minnesota Vikings S Anthony Harris signs franchise tender

5 years ago from UPI

Minnesota Vikings safety Anthony Harris signed his franchise tender with the organization, he announced Sunday.

A look at Africa's largest fossil footprint site

5 years ago from CBSNews - Science

Thousands of years ago, some of humankind's prehistoric ancestors walked across a field in what is now Tanzania — and left footsteps that are now part of the largest fossil...