The study, covering the period from 1918 to the present day, examines more than 100 viruses, 900 species, and a century of outbreaks to identify which bats pose the greatest epidemic risk
Bats often get blamed whenever talk turns to the next pandemic. A new global study suggests the story is more complicated and, in some…..
He went for a walk while on sick leave and made the “discovery of the century” in Norway: nine gold pendants from the year 500, buried 1,500 years ago… and no one ever came back for them
While out with his brand new metal detector on the island of Rennesøy near Stavanger, 51-year-old Erlend Bore uncovered nine gold pendants, ten beads…..
Millions of low-income adults could lose Medicaid if they cannot prove they work 80 hours a month
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What began as a project “to protect lizards” ended in a national scandal: a British millionaire was fined £20,000 for destroying a protected cliff in Poole Bay
A millionaire property developer in southern England has been ordered to pay £20,000 after cutting…..
The U.S. Navy is attempting to rebuild its fleet by 2026 and is discovering that its shipyards have become a major problem
The U.S. Navy is trying to rebuild its fleet in the middle of a deep…..
Amazon will pay $1.5 billion to Prime customers: who is entitled to an automatic refund?
An unexpected email from Amazon promising money usually feels like the start of a scam……
Noisy weekends are numbered: this city will ban gasoline-powered leaf blowers and impose fines of up to $200
If your fall weekends revolve around chasing leaves with a noisy blower, Arlington, Massachusetts is…..
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He went for a walk while on sick leave and made the “discovery of the century” in Norway: nine gold pendants from the year 500, buried 1,500 years ago… and no one ever came back for them
While out with his brand new metal detector on the island of Rennesøy near Stavanger, 51-year-old Erlend…..
Texas breaks decades of medical norms and opens its doors to foreign-trained doctors as the state heads toward a shortage of more than 10,000 physicians by 2032
Texas has quietly rewritten who can wear the white coat in its clinics and small town hospitals……
Millions of low-income adults could lose Medicaid if they cannot prove they work 80 hours a month
The map showing the 10 states where retirees can live solely on Social Security
Changes to food stamps in the United States: who has to work more and who could lose SNAP
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He said he would retire at 63 and ended up out of work within days, an increasingly common story that no one wants to tell
Announcing retirement is supposed to be a calm countdown to a new chapter. For many older workers,…..
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Archaeologists unearth an Anglo-Saxon treasure trove of 7th-century gold jewelry that was found without a grave or a body
The Donington-on-Bain jewelry assemblage includes five Anglo-Saxon, seventh-century gold-and-garnet pieces found on a Lincolnshire hillside…..
The largest black hole collision ever recorded has been detected, forcing a rethink of how they form
Scientists detected the largest black hole collision yet, producing a new black hole about 225…..
Satellites spot 35-meter monster waves in the North Pacific, equivalent to an 11-story building, and for the first time they were “signed” from space
Technology in orbit has just confirmed something sailors have whispered about for generations. In December…..
Goodbye to the Sun on Earth for more than six minutes: the exact strip that will make this possible crosses half the world
On August 2, 2027, the Sun will disappear in the middle of the day along…..
On February 1, 2003, seven astronauts believed that everything was going well, and in just a few minutes, Columbia changed space history forever
When the space shuttle Columbia began its journey home on February 1, 2003, the seven…..
No one paid attention to those hills in Hunan… until drilling revealed a “supergiant” gold deposit with more than 1,000 tons underground
Geologists in central China say they have uncovered a “supergiant” stash of gold hidden deep…..
Every 22 seconds, two satellites nearly collide above our heads, and scientists warn that the margin of safety is now measured in days
Look up at a clear night sky and everything seems calm. Satellites glide silently overhead,…..
A new discovery in lunar dust rewrites the theory of the “carbon-poor” Moon
The Moon may be richer in carbon than once thought. A team analyzing dust returned…..
