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…
China: Death toll triples to more than 300 from flooding in Henan province Posted October 8, 2021 Recent flooding in central China has killed over 300 people, three times the previously announced toll, authorities said Aug. 2. The Henan provincial governmen…
Goats eat their way through New York park Posted October 4, 2021 Two dozen goats from a farm in a bucolic part of New York state are on a city outing — let loose in Manhattan’s Riverside Park on July 14 to munch
News Mash-up: Extreme Conditions Posted October 1, 2021 Heat wave hits Canada, US with record highs A heat wave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada …
Homing pigeons shut down Florida highway Posted September 27, 2021 An exit off Interstate 95 in Florida had to be closed for three hours after 100 homing pigeons fell off a truck and refused to move, posing a driving hazard to