A 2022 attempt at creating a sweeping family tree for the human race, and at least three others, reached back 2 million years, long before Homo sapiens are believed to have originated in Africa 200,000 years ago.The study from Oxford’s Big Data Institute drew ... More »
It’s rare for the Environmental Protection Agency to try to force a chemical plant to immediately reduce or halt its toxic airborne emissions. Such actions typically occur in extreme circumstances when a facility presents an acute risk of bodily injury to the ... More »
"" A devastating EF-4 tornado ripped through Mayfield, Kentucky, in December 2021, breaking all the "rules" we know about the storms. Flickr/State Farm The tornado alley of the Great Plains, of course, isn't... More »
Most, if not all, forms of hormonal birth control, from pills to implants to intrauterine devices (IUDs), increase the risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests.It was known that combination birth control, which contains both progestogen and estro... More »
Earth may have been pummeled by large space rocks more often than previously estimated, controversial new research suggests, raising the risk that a species-ending impact could come sooner than we think. The study, presented at the annual Lunar and Planetary S... More »
Whenever beetles get thirsty, all they need to do is take a sip of water — through their butts.This unconventional method of quenching their thirst is a way for the insects to stay hydrated, since they can go their entire lives without actually drinking water ... More »
This article was originally published on November 3, 2022. Ada Byron was on her best behavior when first presented to the British Royal Court — though she found the event and its attendees to be underwhelming. A few weeks later, however, the 17-year-old accomp... More »
A Senate homeland security committee examined growing health care shortages amid reports of rationing within hospitals.An increase in shortages of inexpensive yet critical medications is forcing hospitals to make “horrible” choices and is amounting to a nation... More »
Thirteen million diesel cars producing “extreme” levels of toxic air pollution are still on the roads in Europe and the UK, according to a report, seven years after the Dieselgate scandal first exploded.The non-profit research group, the International Council ... More »
His work helped break down the chemical structures of THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana, to figure out how cannabis makes users high.Raphael Mechoulam, a pioneering Israeli chemist who is credited with opening the field of cannabis science after iden... More »
The Northern territory government has been accused by the Australian Lawyers Alliance of trying to “jail its way of out” of a law and order problem with new bail laws, AAP reports.The territory chief minister, Natasha Fyles, unveiled a suite of measures yester... More »
After 16 months, Boris Johnson was finally forensically cross-examined over Partygate – live on TV and for nearly four hours.Previous attempts to do so in brief media interviews or through questions posed in the Commons chamber allowed him to obfuscate or run ... More »