Scientists are using DNA from sediments to learn more about Earth’s past, including new revelations about the woolly mammoth Fossilisation is rare. Most living things disappear without trace, recycled back into planet Earth. But in some environments the DNA from living things binds to the soil and rock, leaving a...
Elon Musk feuds with US transportation chief in social media posts: ‘2 digit IQ’
SpaceX owner said Sean Duffy was ‘trying to kill Nasa’ after acting head said agency would reopen contracts for Artemis mission Elon Musk attacked Sean Duffy, the US secretary of transportation, on Tuesday in a series of posts on X, accusing him of trying to “kill NASA”, suggesting he should...
Supreme Court to consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns
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US and Australia sign critical-minerals agreement as a way to counter China
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Authorities say remains found in Philadelphia are of missing woman Kada Scott
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Ecuador says it has no evidence that survivor of a US strike in the Caribbean committed any crime
The survivor of a U.S. strike on a submersible vessel accused by the Trump administration of transporting drugs in the Caribbean has been released by prosecutors in Ecuador
What to know about the recovery efforts in Alaska following ex-Typhoon Halong
The mass evacuation by military aircraft of hundreds of residents from Alaska villages ravaged by the remnants of Typhoon Halong is complete
Federal lawsuit challenges private school that gives preference to Native Hawaiians
A lawsuit in Honolulu challenges the admissions policy of Kamehameha Schools, which gives preference to Native Hawaiian applicants
Pilots thought someone was trying to break into American Airlines cockpit
American Airlines says pilots aboard one of its flights mistakenly thought someone was trying to breach the cockpit Monday
A man took videos as his home floated away with him inside in Alaska’s storms
Typhoon Halong's remnants hit western Alaska with intense force and even pulled homes from their foundations