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Famous birthdays for May 1: Joanna Lumley, Judy Collins
Actor Joanna Lumley turns 74 and singer Judy Collins turns 81, among the famous birthdays for May 1.
1 dead, 5 missing in Canadian military helicopter crash
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed that a member of the Canadian Armed Forces was killed and five others remain missing after a military helicopter crashed off the Greece coast.
Mind-controlled arm prostheses that 'feel' are now a part of everyday life
For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that they use in everyday life. A study reports on three Swedish...
This 17th-century plague diary hits a little too close to home
Diaries can be an important time capsule to disease-fighting practices. (Kvkrillow/Deposit Photos/)Ute Lotz-Heumann is an associate professor and director of the Division for Late Medieval and Reformation Studies at the University of Arizona....
Digging for dinosaurs in the desert — swimmers, at that
Matteo Fabbri’s happy place is halfway up a steep hill of earth and rocks in the Sahara Desert. There, beneath the broiling Moroccan sun and tons of burnt-orange dirt, are...
Artifacts, skulls at ancient cemetery reveal early multicultural community in Europe
Archaeologists have recovered evidence of the formation of a multicultural community during Europe's Migration Period.
Why we can't tell you the full COVID-19 story
Today CBC News is launching a project called Lives Remembered, our commitment to honouring and understanding more about the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID-19.
Face shields a potential alternative to masks, experts say
Hundreds of millions of Americans heeded recent government advice and rushed to wear cloth face masks, hoping they might prevent transmission of the new coronavirus.
Watch: 'Assassin's Creed Valhalla': Vikings wage war in first trailer
Vikings go to war in the first trailer for publisher Ubisoft's upcoming open-world adventure, "Assassin's Creed Valhalla."
Ying Kao Lee dies of COVID-19
DuPont chemist invented a high-quality coating that kept automotive paints from fading
The story of three African slaves during Spanish colonialism, as told by their bones
Scientists tell the story of three 16th century African slaves identified from a mass burial site in Mexico City. Using a combination of genetic, osteological, and isotope analyses, the scientists...
The Sahara Desert was once flooded with history’s most vicious dinosaurs
Huge predatory dinosaurs—like the abelisaur, a short-snouted predatory dinosaur and the pterosaur, both pictured here—once roamed regions of what is now the Sahara Desert. (Artwork by Davide Bonadonna, under the scientific supervision of...
16th century skeletons suggest the slave trade brought some diseases to Mexico
Slavery proved contagious when Spain colonized 16th century Mexico. Africans abducted into the transatlantic slave trade and taken to Mexico around that time may have introduced forms of two infectious diseases, hepatitis B...
African skeletons from early colonial Mexico tell the story of first-generation slaves
Five centuries after Charles I of Spain authorized the transport of the first African slaves to the Viceroyalty of New Spain, the ancestry of the hundreds of thousands of abducted...
Emu found wandering loose in Washington state park
Animal rescuers in Washington state are trying to identify the owner of an emu found wandering loose near a disc golf course.
Watch: Al Roker, son Nick appear on 'Today' from home
"Today" weather anchor Al Roker introduced his 17-year-old son, Nick Roker, during an at-home episode of the morning show.
Terrible luck: The only person ever killed by a meteorite—back in 1888
What are your chances of getting smacked – and killed—by a meteorite? One astronomer put the odds of death by space rock at 1 in 700,000 in a lifetime, while...
Column: L.A. animal rights advocate peddled pandemic snake oil, FTC says
Marc Ching, a prominent Southern California animal rights advocate, has agreed to stop pitching an herbal supplement as a remedy for COVID-19.
WWE NXT: Keith Lee defends North American Championship against Damian Priest
NXT North American Champion Keith Lee defended his title against Damian Priest on WWE NXT.
Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller in 'Frankenstein': A quarantine must-watch
It's alive! Watch Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller switch off in the lead roles in a stage adaptation of "Frankenstein."
Canadian military helicopter crashes in Mediterranean off Greece
The helicopter had been involved in Operation Reassurance in Central and Eastern Europe to reinforce collective NATO defense when it went down.
Letters to the Editor: Why you shouldn't shame the shopper wearing gloves and an N95 mask
Someone wearing gloves and an N95 mask likely had a stockpile at home before the pandemic hit.
Baseball Hall of Fame postpones 2020 induction ceremony until next year
The Baseball Hall of Fame announced Wednesday that it has canceled this year's induction ceremony because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Hunter Hayes sent home on latest episode of 'Masked Singer'
Hunter Hayes -- who was dressed as an astronaut -- became the latest disguised celebrity to be eliminated from Season 3 of Fox's "The Masked Singer" competition series Wednesday night.
FN America, Colt's awarded $383.3M to make M16A4s for Iraq, others
FN America and Colt's Manufacturing received a $383.3 million, five-year contract to manufacture M16A4 rifles for Afghanistan, Grenada, Iraq, Lebanon and Nepal through the Pentagon's foreign military sales program.
USS Bunker Hill sails through Spratly Islands to contest China'smaritime claim
The guided missile cruiser USS Bunker Hill sailed through the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea Wednesday, according to the the U.S. 7th Fleet.
Germany avoids the worst of coronavirus crisis — but how?
Germany's leadership, history help stave off catastrophe from the coronavirus crisis — so far
World's longest predatory dinosaur used its tail to swim
Paleontologists finally have proof that some dinosaurs were aquatic.