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Police identify bodies found under Georgia bridge, rule deaths as homicides
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said the deaths of two women whose bodies were found Wednesday under a north Georgia bridge has been ruled a homicide.
Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer dies at 41
Former U.S. Army medic and Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II died Thursday, the U.S. Secret Service said. He was 41.
A lost world and extinct ecosystem
Archaeological sites on the far southern shores of South Africa hold the world's richest records for the behavioral and cultural origins of our species. At this location, scientists have discovered...
Just talking could spread COVID-19, study suggests
Small respiratory droplets produced while talking can hang in the air for at least eight minutes and perhaps even longer, researchers report.
“Lean lab” approach enables quick research ramp down
When MIT announced in March that most research labs on campus would need to ramp down to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, Canan Dagdeviren’s lab was ready. For the past two...
Should museums and other arts groups draw on endowments to prevent layoffs?
The coronavirus crisis prompted some museums and the L.A. Phil to dip into their endowments. But what does that really mean, and how does that work?
What's the buzz? Happy locked-down Roman bees to tell all
While most Romans found Italy's coronavirus quarantine a real buzz kill, the city's bees had a field day.
Beads made of boa bones identified in lesser Antilles
Today Boa snakes have a patchy distribution in the islands that form the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, but the constrictors are nearly absent from archaeological deposits in the...
Beads made of boa bones identified in lesser Antilles
Today boa snakes have a patchy distribution in the islands that form the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea, but the constrictors are nearly absent from archaeological deposits in the...
Tyrannosaurus rex built for distance, not speed, research shows
Tyrannosaurus rex, one of the most feared predators in the Age of Dinosaurs, may have been built for endurance, not speed.
'Riverdale' creator confirms Season 5 time jump
"Riverdale" creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa said the show will have a time jump and a "very big mystery to unravel" in Season 5.
Ancient Tap O' Noth hillfort in Aberdeenshire one of 'largest ever'
Archaeologists say up to 4,000 people may have lived in more than 800 huts perched high on the Tap O' Noth.
Archaeology: Fossilized footprints suggest ancient humans divided labor
The largest collection of footprints from the human fossil record in Africa is described in Scientific Reports this week. The findings, which further our understanding of human life during the...
Watch: Student earns Guinness record for 588-square-foot spice painting
A university student in India was awarded a Guinness World Record for using spices to create a 588-square-foot painting.
T. rex was a champion walker, super-efficient at lower speeds
While smaller dinosaurs needed speed, huge predators like T. rex were optimized for energy-efficient walking, according to a study published in PLOS ONE. Theropod dinosaurs included the dominant bipedal predators of the...
Africa’s biggest collection of ancient human footprints has been found
More than 400 human footprints preserved in hardened volcanic sediment are providing a rare peek at social life among ancient East African hunter-gatherers. These impressions, found in northern Tanzania near a village called...
Unlocking the Secrets of Click Languages
Tanzania’s Rift Valley has one of the greatest concentrations of linguistic diversity in all of Africa. Among the dozens of tongues native to the region, Hadza and Iraqw, two languages...
Research reveals the extent of grey seals' maternal sacrifice
Atlantic grey seals, the largest of the two seal species found around British, northern European and North American and Canadian shores, make a huge maternal sacrifice for their pups, new...
T. rex was a champion walker, highly efficient at lower speeds
A new study suggests that long legs evolved among the biggest dinosaurs to help them conserve energy as they ambled along searching for prey, rather than for speed as previously...
New Research Launched on Airborne Virus Transmission in Buildings
As society prepares to reopen indoor spaces and ease back into some sense of normalcy during the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National...
Movie on 1999 U.S. women's World Cup team headed to Netflix
The World Cup-winning 1999 United States Women's National Team will be featured in a new film on Netflix.
Most dinosaurs didn’t swim—but this ‘dino equivalent of Jaws’ sure did
Cretaceous fish, beware! (Davide Bonadonna/)For millions of years, dinosaurs ruled the land and sky. For whatever reason, though, the ferocious beasts never took the deep dive into the open seas. Sure, some were...
On This Day, May 14: Million Mom March draws hundreds of thousands
On May 14, 2000, hundreds of thousands of mothers and other gun-control advocates took part in the "Million Mom March" in Washington.
Baseball's Barry Zito, the rhino, exits 'Masked Singer'
Baseball great Barry Zito -- dressed in a rhino costume -- became the latest disguised celebrity eliminated from Season 3 of Fox's "The Masked Singer" competition series Wednesday night.
Big jackpot changes wife's opinion of lottery ticket purchase
An Australian man who caught his wife's ire for wasting money on a lottery ticket said she changed her tune when the ticket earned a $1.16 million jackpot.
Hollywood Bowl cancels all summer concerts for first time in history
The Hollywood Bowl announced Wednesday that it has cancelled its entire summer season for the first time in the venue's history, out of concern for the spread of coronavirus.
When will live music return? Kenny Chesney says fans are 'horny for it'
Kenny Chesney was supposed to be touring stadiums this summer behind his new No. 1 album, "Here and Now." Instead, "there's this empty place in our lives."
St. Louis and its spirit of rebellion focus of new book
Slavery, capitalism, and imperialism in American history are central to the work of Walter Johnson, the Winthrop Professor of History and Professor of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. In a...