A juvenile mammoth, nicknamed “Yuka,” was found entombed in Siberian ice near the shores of the Arctic Ocean and shows signs of being cut open by ancient people. The remarkably well preserved frozen carcass...
HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (AP) — The ubiquitous backyard citrus tree, symbolic of California’s agricultural abundance, is front and center in the battle now under way to save the state’s nearly $2 billion citrus industry. State bug...
(multimedia) Robot designs have been inspired by cheetahs (for speed), dogs (to carry things) and even humans. Boston Dynamics, which gave us all three, has now turned to the lowly flea for inspiration, making a robot that can jump...
A widely used crop pesticide first introduced in the 1990s has caused significant changes to bee colonies worldwide and removing it could be the key factor in restoring nature’s army of pollinators, according to...
The RSPB’s annual wildlife survey has recorded the lowest number of starlings in UK gardens for 30 years. Since the Big Garden Birdwatch began in 1979, the average number of starlings spotted by participants...
(AP) TOKYO – One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and hardly any water to cool it, according to an internal examination Tuesday that renews doubts about the plant’s...
(multimedia) The five suborbital sounding rockets were fired off over the course of five minutes, starting just before 5 a.m. ET, to track what’s happening in the upper atmosphere. ATREX was designed to help...
The most common form of ID in the United States is a driver’s license. Nonwhite registered voters are somewhat less likely than whites to have driver’s licenses. In South Carolina, for example, the gap...
The six earthlings – three Russians, two Americans, and a Dutchman – aboard the International Space Station were stirred from their slumber Saturday morning to jump into emergency escape pods, once again drawing into...
Japan has shut down another nuclear power station, bringing it a step closer to suspending atomic energy, following the Fukushima disaster. Only one of the 54 nuclear reactors remains in operation, and it is...
