A 6-year-old Virginia student took a gun to school Monday and investigators are trying to figure out how the child got ahold of the weapon, according to authorities. The incident happened at Orange Elementary School, …
6-year-old Virginia student brings loaded gun to school, sheriff’s office investigating Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate is set to vote on Tuesday on a bill to enshrine federal protections and expand insurance coverage for fertility treatments, days after Republican former President Donald Trump surprised supporters …
US Senate set to vote again on IVF bill after Trump’s pledge of support Read More
New footage shows a “flying spaghetti monster” waving its many arms nearly 2,200 feet (665 meters) below the surface, near an underwater mountain off the coast of Chile. Scientists captured the footage with a remotely …
Watch ‘spaghetti monster’ with dozens of pink-tipped sausage legs swimming near Nazca Ridge Read More
Three newfound thylacine relatives recently unearthed in Australia suggest that marsupial predators were more widespread in ancient Australia than previously thought. Scientists have identified a “bone-crushing” ancestor of the Tasmanian tiger. The bone crusher — …
Fossils of bone-crushing and meat-slashing Tasmanian tiger ancestors discovered in Australia Read More
Name: Giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) Where it lives: In the mesopelagic zone of the Mediterranean Sea, Atlantic and Pacific Oceans What it eats: Krill, plankton, crustaceans and squid Why it’s awesome: According to Japanese myth, …
The ribbon-like oarfish hovers in the water, creates a bioluminescent glow and is said to warn of an upcoming earthquake. Read More
The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification technique, a CT scan revealed. An ancient Egyptian woman died in so much pain, her muscles …
‘Screaming Woman’ mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds Read More
Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions. Tardigrades are well-known for being …
1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth’s biggest mass extinction Read More
From Titanoboa and Vasuki — prehistoric snakes as long as a Tyrannosaurus rex — to modern-day pythons and boa constrictors that can swallow humans whole, these are the biggest, heaviest and longest snakes to have …
The biggest snake in the world (and 10 other giant serpents) Read More
Wildlife officials in Georgia stumbled across a pair of snakes that had been “expelled” by a larger serpent, only to discover that one of the regurgitated victims was still alive. When wildlife officials in Georgia …
4-foot snake vomits up 2 smaller snakes — and 1 was still alive Read More
The angular roughshark has wide-set eyes, a pink snout, massive nostrils and pronounced dermal denticles, giving them a furrry, pig-like appearance. Name: Angular roughshark (Oxynotus centrina) Where it lives: In the eastern Atlantic ocean from …
Angular roughshark: The pig-faced shark that grunts when captured Read More
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