Swirl visible for several minutes is thought to have been caused by frozen exhaust plume from Falcon 9 The truth is out there … it is just not quite as exciting as was hoped. A large, glowing spiral that lit up the skies over the UK on Monday night and...
Paging Dr Chimp: the medical secrets we can learn from apes, birds and even butterflies
Primates eat bitter bark to kill parasites, while sparrows use cigarette butts to keep ticks off their chicks. Could the wisdom of wildlife be the next frontier in medicine? In Mexico City, house sparrows and house finches are picking up cigarette butts and weaving individual fibres into the lining of...
Iron age hoard found in North Yorkshire could change Britain’s history
More than 800 objects unearthed near Melsonby show the north was ‘definitely not a backwater’ 2,000 years ago One of the biggest and most important iron age hoards ever found in the UK has been revealed, potentially altering our understanding of life in Britain 2,000 years ago. More than 800...
A Cornell student suing the Trump administration is asked to surrender to immigration authorities
A Cornell University student involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests has been asked to surrender to immigration authorities
Feds seek to block release of ex-Minnesota lawmaker accused of soliciting minor for prostitution
Federal prosecutors are trying to block the release of a former Minnesota state senator who resigned after he was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution
A decadelong climate lawsuit saw plaintiffs grow from childhood to adulthood
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition filed by young climate activists who argued that the federal government's role in climate change violated their constitutional rights
Flammable devices found at Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas
Austin police say they’re investigating several incendiary devices found at a Tesla dealership on the city’s north side
South Sudan is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war, UN envoy says
The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war
Teen killed after triggering avalanche in Alaska, where 4 have died in snow slides this month
Alaska State Troopers say a teenager has died after being buried by snow in an avalanche
Deadly hit-and-run in New Mexico brings juvenile justice challenges into focus
Prosecutors in New Mexico's busiest judicial district have been pleading with state lawmakers to amend the children's code to address what they call an unbelievable spike in juvenile crime in Albuquerque