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Three sisters set aside a dressmaking rivalry to kick coronavirus butt
For years, the Cerpas sisters engaged in friendly competition, running their own dress shops. Now they've come together to make face masks.
WWE NXT: Finn Balor confronts Velveteen Dream, Tommaso Ciampa attacked
Finn Balor crossed paths with The Velveteen Dream for the first time since The Prince returned to the black and gold brand on WWE NXT.
Retreat of Norwegian ice patch reveals lost Viking-era artifacts in mountain pass
A team of researchers from the Innlandet County Council and NTNU University Museum in Norway and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. has found a large quantity of Viking-era...
Column: With a pledge to follow coronavirus science, 10 governors made the president blink
Two state pandemic coalitions represent a refusal to bow and scrape to Trump or to fight one another for federal resources.
Another 'new normal' in California after coronavirus? All vote-by-mail elections
It's ironic: Old-fashioned "snail mail" is being chosen as the easiest, safest, most efficient and fraud-free way of conducting elections in this era of rapid technological evolution.
Ash dieback is less severe in isolated ash trees
New research published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Ecology finds that ash dieback is far less severe in the isolated conditions ash is often found in, such as...
Mahogany tree family dates back to last hurrah of the dinosaurs
A new article shows the mahogany family goes back to the last hurrah of the dinosaurs, the Cretaceous.
Watch: Goat with two faces born at Wisconsin farm
A Wisconsin farm is celebrating the birth of a highly unusual animal: a goat with two faces.
Pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer human-made flight
Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years -- much longer than any species of modern bird. Despite their aeronautic excellence, these...
Japan’s cloth face masks ‘too small,’ report says
Japan's decision to distribute reusable cloth face masks to about 50 million households is backfiring, as users complain the masks are too small and are proving to be a waste...
Pentagon IG: No evidence White House interfered in $10B Microsoft JEDI cloud contract
A $10 billion JEDI cloud contract the Department of Defense awarded to Microsoft doesn't appear to have been improperly influenced by the White House, a Pentagon watchdog said Wednesday.
Truman CSG to remain at sea until Nimitz can deploy, Navy says
The Pentagon and the Navy decided this week to keep surge carrier forces at sea in hopes of avoiding the conditions -- a COVID-19 outbreak -- that sidelined the USS...
Watch: Michigan man breaks basketball world record from behind the backboard
A Michigan man with his own at-home basketball court spent part of his COVID-19 lockdown breaking his third Guinness World Record by sinking 35 shots from behind the backboard in...
Chinese province on alert amid second wave of COVID-19
Chinese provinces bordering Russia remain wary of a possible second wave of novel coronavirus infections, as Moscow confirmed more than 24,000 cases on Wednesday.
Studying pterosaurs and other fossil flyers to better engineer manmade flight
Pterosaurs were the largest animals ever to fly. They soared the skies for 160 million years—much longer than any species of modern bird. Despite their aeronautic excellence, these ancient flyers...
Semitic Museum is renamed Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East
The Harvard Semitic Museum has changed its name to the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East (HMANE) to better “reflect its core mission in clearer terms,” said Director Peter Der Manuelian....
Fossil record analysis hints at evolutionary origins of insects' structural colors
Researchers have analyzed preserved scales from wing cases of two fossil weevils from the Late Pleistocene era to better understand the origin of light-scattering nanostructures present in present-day insects. The...
Mahogany tree family dates back to last hurrah of the dinosaurs
You might own something made from mahogany like furniture, paneling or a musical instrument.
Watch: Dan Levy says 'it's emotional' saying goodbye to 'Schitt's Creek' on 'Late Late Show'
Dan Levy appeared on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" and discussed his series "Schitt's Creek" recently coming to an end after six seasons.
Watch: George Stephanopoulos, Ali Wentworth talk living with COVID-19 on 'Kimmel'
"Good Morning America" anchor George Stephanopoulos and his wife, actress Ali Wentworth, appeared on" Jimmy Kimmel Live" to discuss how they have been dealing with COVID-19.
More than 80 civilians killed in Afghanistan since peace deal, report says
More than 80 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan since the signing of a peace deal between the United States and Taliban militants in February, human rights activists say in...
Researchers use 21st-century genomics to estimate Samoan population over 3,000 years
Reconstructing how many individuals first settled the many small islands in the Pacific and when they arrived remain important scientific questions, as well as an intriguing ones for understanding human...
10 pioneer-era apple types thought extinct found in US West
A team of retirees that scours the remote ravines and windswept plains of the Pacific Northwest for long-forgotten pioneer orchards has rediscovered 10 apple varieties that were believed to be...
Cate Blanchett hopes 'Mrs. America' inspires 'robust public discourse'
Cate Blanchett plays Phyllis Schlafly in "Mrs. America," FX's new historical drama about the Equal Rights Amendment. She hopes the show provokes healthy debate among modern audiences.
How UV light may protect us from the coronavirus
Ultraviolet light may become an important tool for fighting the coronavirus by sterilizing masks and other high-touch items. We look at what UV light can and can't do.
How UV light may protect us from the coronavirus
Ultraviolet light may become an important tool for fighting the coronavirus by sterilizing masks and other high-touch items. We look at what UV light can and can't do.
Fossil record analysis hints at evolutionary origins of insects' structural colours
Researchers from Yale-NUS College in Singapore and University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland have analysed preserved scales from wing cases of two fossil weevils from the Late Pleistocene era (approx....
California must do 6 things before coronavirus restrictions can be lifted, Newsom says
Coronavirus: These are the six things that Gov. Newsom says should happen for California to begin reopening.