A painting of a kangaroo in Western Australia is the oldest known rock art in the country, according to scientists, who say radiocarbon-dating analysis shows it was created more than 17,000 years ago.
Researchers to restore what might be the oldest building in the US dedicated to the education of free and enslaved Black children
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After years of examining centuries-old writings and digging up artifacts, researchers recently confirmed that an 18th-century building on the College of William & Mary campus was once a school for free and ensla...
Violent protests over rapper’s arrest and accusations of police brutality rock Catalonia for fifth day
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Angry protesters have now gathered in multiple Spanish cities for five consecutive nights, demonstrating over the dramatic arrest of rapper Pablo Hasel earlier in the week. Thousands gathered in Barcelona on Saturda...
After 68 years in prison, America’s oldest juvenile lifer was released
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Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars. Ligon was incarcerated in ...
World’s oldest DNA sequenced from a mammoth that lived more than a million years ago
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A tooth from a mammoth that roamed the Siberian steppe more than a million years ago has yielded the world's oldest DNA sequence. It's the first time that DNA has been recovered from animal remains more than a mill...
Mysteries of massive holes forming in Siberian permafrost unlocked by scientists
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The massive crater appeared violently and explosively in the Siberian tundra last year -- a powerful blowout of methane gas throwing ice and rock hundreds of feet away and leaving a gaping circular scar in the empty...
‘Young Rock’ and ‘Kenan’ give NBC a just-so-so comedy tag team
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NBC puts together a high-profile tag team in "Young Rock" and "Kenan," comedies featuring Dwayne Johnson and Kenan Thompson. While the former feels a tad overinflated in its biographical dive into the star's early l...
Antarctic sponges discovered under the ice shelf is perplexing scientists
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The accidental discovery of strange life forms on a boulder beneath the ice shelves of the Antarctic has confounded scientists. Researchers were drilling through 900 meters of ice in the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf, s...
Neanderthal genes can change clusters of human brain tissue, scientists find
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Brains are not preserved in the fossil record, making it impossible to know how modern human brains differ from our long-extinct ancestors, the Neanderthals. From fossilized skulls we know that their brains were bi...
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2021 nominees announced
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Go ahead and brush the "Dirt Off Your Shoulder," the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees are a "Tapestry" of "Simply The Best." If you haven't guessed yet, Jay-Z, Carole King and Tina Turner are among those ...
In a case of potential mistaken mummy identity, scientists uncover clues
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You know how clothing stores prop up mannequins in windows, showing off the fashionable goods they have to offer? That might be the explanation behind a case of mistaken mummy identity. During a trip to Egypt in th...
Why do wombats poop cubes? Scientists may finally have the answer
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For years, scientists have been wondering why wombat poop is cube-shaped (yes, really). Now, they say they have got to the bottom of the mystery. Bare-nosed wombats, or common wombats, can be found in the woodlands...
Dwayne Johnson says late dad ‘would have loved’ new TV series ‘Young Rock’
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NBC's "Young Rock" may largely be about Dwayne Johnson's good old days, but it also aims to be honest: Those days weren't all good. That, Johnson hopes, will inject the forthcoming sitcom about his life with an aut...