The ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ find offers a window into prehistoric America and its megafauna. Today, elephants roam the savannas of Africa and rainforests in Asia, but elephant ancestors once lived in Europe and North America before going extinct like the region’s other ancient megafauna. Scientists and …
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Now it’s the negatives themselves that need to be saved from time and the elements. The waters off the coast of southwestern England are notoriously …
I scream, you scream, we all scream for … hot, crunchy ice cream? If you love the mess of an ice cream sandwich but hate getting your fingers cold, your moment has arrived. What a time to be alive! We have Australian mom and businesswoman Kelly Arvan to thank for this creamy, crunchy paradox: The …
APTOS, Calif. (AP) — A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished, and it took a media blitz and a kind-hearted jogger to find it again. Jennifer Schuh found the …
Taking a picture of Mars is not easy. Once light bounces off the planet, it can take between 3 to 22 minutes to travel to Earth — so there aren't truly "live" images of Mars. But on Friday afternoon, the European Space Agency offered the closest thing: the first "livestream" of Mars on YouTube, which …
Scientists making the "Air-gen" device have discovered that any material can be used to generate electricity from the air. Scientists have invented a device that can continuously generate electricity from thin air, offering a glimpse of a possible sustainable energy source that can be made of almost …
Airline passengers are encouraged to report suspicious activity in the name of national security, but the pilots have a harder time reporting UAPs. The first active-duty military pilot to come forward to Congress about his experience with so-called unexplained aerial phenomena is starting a …
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