Nations compromise on coal to strike UN climate agreement Posted January 20, 2022 U.N. climate talks ended Nov. 13 with a deal that for the first time targeted fossil fuels as the key driver of global warming, even as coal-reliant countries lob…
Doug the ugly potato could be world’s biggest Posted January 13, 2022 Colin and Donna Craig-Brown were weeding their garden in New Zealand when Colin’s hoe struck something huge just beneath the soil’s surface. As the couple knelt down
News Mash-up: The Past Posted January 7, 2022 Evidence of herd behavior in dinosaurs found A vast trove of fossils unearthed in Argentina’s southern …
Street ‘artivism’ in Sao Paulo comes from the ashes of the burning Amazon rainforest Posted December 31, 2021 From ashes comes art. Brazilian artist Mundano has used ashes from burned areas of the Amazon rainforest to create a street mural in Sao Paulo…
Six-decade wait is worth it for this female aviator Posted December 14, 2021 Three months ago, aviator Wally Funk made headlines when she became the oldest person to fly into space. At 82 years old, she broke the record long held by John G…
Romans say enough to invasion of wild boars Posted December 7, 2021 Rome has been invaded by Gauls, Visigoths and Vandals over the centuries, but the Eternal City is now grappling with a rampaging force of an entirely different so…
Hundreds of birds crash into NYC skyscraper Posted November 29, 2021 Hundreds of birds migrating through New York City over the week from Sept. 13 died after crashing into the city’s glass towers, a mass casualty event
The bee in this girl’s bonnet refuses to leave Posted November 17, 2021 Lots of people have stories about being best friends with dogs, cats, horses, dolphins and other mammals. But in Coventry, England, 13-year-old Lacey Shillinglaw …
News Mash-up: Fossils Posted October 29, 2021 Fossil of crocodile’s ‘grandfather’ discovered A 150-million-year-old fossilized skeleton discovered in the mountains of …
Landmark UN report: Climate disruption locked in for decades, if not centuries Posted October 14, 2021 Global warming is dangerously close to spiraling out of control, a U.N. climate panel said in a landmark report Aug. 9, warning the world is already certain to fa…