A ‘wetter farming’ project explores rehydrating peatland to help grow crops in boggier conditions while cutting CO2 emissions “I really don’t like the word ‘paludiculture’ – most people have no idea what it means,” Sarah Johnson says. “I prefer the term ‘wetter farming’.” The word might be baffling, but the...
Mummy mystery solved: ‘air-dried’ priest was embalmed via rectum
Method of preserving 18th-century Austrian vicar has never been seen before, say researchers The mystery of a mummy from an Austrian village has been solved, according to researchers who say it was embalmed in an unexpected way – via the rectum. Intrigue had long swirled around the mummified body stored...
Supreme Court hears arguments over publicly funded Catholic charter school in Oklahoma
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school
Sex assault reports in the US military fell last year, fueled by a big drop in the Army, AP learns
U.S. defense officials say the number of sexual assaults reported across the military fell by nearly 4% last year and there was a significant drop in the Army
Harris accuses Trump of ‘wholesale abandonment’ of American ideals in major post-election speech
Former Vice President Kamala Harris used a high-profile speech in San Francisco to deliver a sharp-edged critique of President Donald Trump's administration, accusing him of “wholesale abandonment” of American ideals
Memorial wall to fallen USAID staffers is removed from the agency’s former building
Contractors hired by the Trump administration have removed a memorial wall to fallen staffers from the now-closed headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development, with no immediate word on where it will wind up
Ex-FBI informant who made bribery story about Bidens will stay in prison, judge rules
A federal judge in Los Angeles has denied the U.S. government's request to release a former FBI informant while he appeals his case
Kuwait frees 10 more Americans in the second release in as many months
U.S. officials say Kuwait has released 10 more American detainees in an apparent goodwill gesture
The home of Elon Musk’s SpaceX could become an official Texas city called Starbase
Elon Musk has for years made Texas his business home and playground as he launches rockets and builds cars in the Lone Star state
3 workers killed and 2 injured when scaffolding gives way at Texas construction site
Authorities in Texas say three workers were killed and two others injured after a scaffolding gave way at a construction site