CSI Jamestown: Anthropologists lay out evidence of colonial cannibalism Experts have provided the grisly goods to back up 17th-century accounts of cannibalism during the Jamestown colony's "starving time" — including a skull that shows signs of being chopped at and pried apart. "Our team has discovered partial human remains before, but the location of the discovery, visible damage to the skull and marks on the bones immediately made us realize this finding was unusual," Bill Kelso, chief archaeologist of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project in Virginia, said in a news release issued Wednesday. More
One flight closer to space tourism Virgin Galactic is one flight closer to becoming a commercial "spaceline." The company's passenger spacecraft, SpaceShipTwo, completed its first rocket-powered flight Monday morning above the Mojave Desert in California. More
U.S. plans to drop gray wolves from endangered list The planned ruling would eliminate protection for the top predators, but scientists and conservationists say the proposal is flawed. Federal authorities intend to remove endangered species protections for all gray wolves in the Lower 48 states, carving out an a exception for a small pocket of about 75 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico, according to a draft document obtained by The Times. More
New calls to rename Higgs boson One of the scientists who developed the theory of the Higgs boson says the particle should be renamed to acknowledge the contributions of others involved in the work. More
Hurricane Helene: Unknown Number Of People Still Missing As Death Toll Rises Hundreds of people are still thought to be missing in the hard-hit state of North Carolina two weeks after Hurricane Helene swept the state. 10/11/2024 - 5:10 am | View Link
Skeletal human remains found, suspected to be a missing person, SC sheriff says A construction crew stumbled upon skeletal human remains near West Manor Drive in Lancaster Tuesday afternoon, a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office news release said. Lancaster deputies along with ... 10/9/2024 - 10:12 am | View Link
CSPD investigating possible human remains connected to missing person 10/7/2024 - 11:48 am | View Link
In odd galaxy, NASA's Webb finds potential missing link to first stars Looking deep into the early universe with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have found something unprecedented: a galaxy with an odd light signature, which they attribute to its gas ... 10/3/2024 - 4:22 pm | View Link
Missing link found in gamma emission phenomena from thunderclouds In the latest edition of Nature, groundbreaking results about the gamma-ray emissions produced during thunderstorms are presented. These findings show that gamma-ray emission from thunderclouds is ... 10/1/2024 - 1:00 pm | View Link
The acclaimed Palestinian poet and essayist Mosab Abu Toha left his native Gaza 10 months ago, but he is still very much there—mentally and emotionally, that is. Since fleeing to Cairo, and then on to upstate New York where he currently resides with his family, Abu Toha dedicates much of his time to amplifying what is happening in Gaza, particularly in the north where many members of his family still reside amid mass displacement and death.
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“I’m immensely worried,” he says, referring to his sisters in the north, one of whom is heavily pregnant and unable to heed the latest Israeli evacuation orders – issued on Oct.
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Northern lights, comet pair up for rare night sky double feature for the Pacific Northwest Thursday KOIN.comMassive comet will be visible to naked eye. Here's where to look tonight in Massachusetts. CBS BostonHopes dim for another bright October comet after Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Space.comHow to See the ‘Once-in-a-Lifetime’ Comet Flaring in Our Night Skies The New York Times
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Whooping Cough Is Spreading Again after Years of Relative Quiet Scientific AmericanFalling Vaccinations Contribute to Rising Pertussis Rates MedscapeRisk of national outbreak of whooping cough 'now considered high' StuffWhooping cough but without the whoop? Pertussis cases surge in southwest Idaho Boise State Public Radio