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Alberta meat-processing plant tied to Canada's largest COVID-19 outbreak to reopen within days
An Alberta meat-packing plant hit by the largest single-site COVID-19 outbreak in Canada plans to reopen within days, after shutting down for two weeks when hundreds of workers fell ill with the virus...
Bon Temps in the Arts District closes permanently, a casualty of the shutdown
Lincoln Carson has decided to close his lauded Arts District restaurant permanently because of the coronavirus outbreak.
'River monster': Huge African dinosaur Spinosaurus thrived in the water
The huge African predator Spinosaurus spent much of its life in the water, propelled by a paddle-like tail while hunting large fish - a "river monster," according to scientists, that...
Reopening California schools: 4 things you need to know
What will it take to reopen California schools? Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking toward an early summer opening as details are still emerging.
Deformed skulls in an ancient cemetery reveal a multicultural community in transition
An ancient cemetery in present-day Hungary holds clues to a unique community formation during the beginnings of Europe's Migration Period.
New paper suggests spinosaurus may have been aquatic
Back in the Cretaceous period, 145 to 66 million years ago, dinosaurs dominated the land and sky. They also, a new paper argues, terrorized the aquatic realm. Recent fossil evidence has revealed that...
German prosecutors charge 2 in politician's death
German authorities Wednesday charged two people believed to be right-wing extremists in connection with the 2019 shooting death of a German politician.
Deformed skulls in an ancient cemetery reveal a multicultural community in transition
The ancient cemetery of Mözs-Icsei dűlő in present-day Hungary holds clues to a unique community formation during the beginnings of Europe's Migration Period, according to a study published April 29,...
'Crazy beast' lived among last of dinosaurs
The discovery that the badger-like animal lived alongside dinosaurs challenges ideas about mammals.
Daytime, Sports, News Emmys to have virtual ceremonies
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will produce a remote event for the Daytime Emmy Awards due to the coronavirus pandemic.
A study places the origin of a group of trees growing in Africa 50 million years ago
In the Eocene, some of the world's most important mountain ranges emerged and large climate changes took place that affected the future of the planet. In this era, about 50...
New fossils rewrite the story of dinosaurs and change the appearance of Spinosaurus
Scientists have long opposed the idea that dinosaurs lived in aquatic habitats. Now, an international team of researchers, supported by the National Geographic Society, has discovered unambiguous evidence that Spinosaurus...
South Korea police officer ‘bullied’ female subordinate about pregnancy
A South Korean police officer is facing disciplinary action after berating a female subordinate about her pregnancy.
'Parks and Recreation' Paley Center salute to air before reunion special
NBC announced on Wednesday that the Paley Center for Media will be honoring "Parks and Recreation" before the airing of the reunion special on Thursday.
Madagascar's prehistoric 'crazy beast' sheds light on mammalian evolution
A prehistoric opossum-sized critter dubbed the "crazy beast" that inhabited Madagascar at the end of the age of dinosaurs is providing scientists insight into early mammalian evolution even as they...
Marooned on Mesozoic Madagascar: Researchers discover 66-million-year-old 'crazy beast'
In evolutionary terms, islands are the stuff of weirdness. It is on islands where animals evolve in isolation, often for millions of years, with different food sources, competitors, predators, and...
Archaeologists have a lot of dates wrong for North American indigenous history – but new techniques are correcting it
Columbus famously reached the Americas in 1492. Other Europeans had made the journey before, but the century from then until 1609 marks the creation of the modern globalized world.
A ‘crazy beast’ from the time of dinosaurs belongs to an obscure mammal group
The ancient mammal Adalatherium hui is so weird that it eluded classification for over a decade. A roughly 70-million-year-old skeleton of the species, uncovered in Madagascar in 1999, was clearly a mammal. But...
Spinosaurus fossil tail suggests dinosaurs were swimmers after all
Sharp-toothed Spinosaurus didn’t just stand in the shallows to snag fish for dinner; this dinosaur may have been an excellent swimmer. Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, a new fossil discovery reveals, had a paddle-shaped tail that...
Evidence of Late Pleistocene human colonization of isolated islands beyond Wallace's Line
A new article published in Nature Communications applies stable isotope analysis to a collection of fossil human teeth from the islands of Timor and Alor in Wallacea to study the...
Evidence of Late Pleistocene human colonization of isolated islands beyond Wallace's Line
What makes our species unique compared to other hominins? High profile genetic, fossil and material culture discoveries present scientists working in the Late Pleistocene with an ever-more complex picture of...
Death from above: Scientists find earliest evidence of person killed by meteorite
Researchers have uncovered the earliest evidence of a person being hit and killed by a meteorite falling to Earth.
When in Ancient Rome, recycle: Evidence of garbage reuse found in Pompeii
Research shows people in Pompeii reused discarded materials for building almost 2,000 years ago
Letters to the Editor: Packed flights, unmasked TSA agents: How is this still allowed?
If there are still crowded flights and TSA agents are not required to wear masks, how will we ever be able to return to normal?
Coronavirus: Scottish government suggests covering face in shops
Nicola Sturgeon says there may be "some benefit" in wearing a cloth face covering in enclosed areas.
Study reveals rich genetic diversity of Vietnam
Vietnam features extensive ethnolinguistic diversity and occupies a key position in Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA). Vietnam, with its borders to China, Laos and Cambodia, has a rich geographical diversity, and...
On This Day, April 29: U.S. Army liberates Dachau
On April 29, 1945, troops of the U.S. Seventh Army liberated 32,000 prisoners at the Nazi regime's Dachau concentration camp near Munich, Germany.
How hero shrews' bizarre backbones evolved
Hero shrews have some of the weirdest backbones in the animal kingdom -- they're incredibly strong, with stories of a 0.25-pound shrew supporting a grown man standing on its back....