Rare skin fossil is oldest by 130 million years
The world’s oldest known fossilized skin belonged to a species of reptile that lived before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, a new study has found. The fragment of fossilized reptile skin…
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What kind of weapons are the US and UK using to strike Yemen’s Houthis?
After repeated warnings, United States and British forces have followed through on threats to retaliate against Iran-backed Houthi rebels for their attacks on commercial ships in the Red Sea. Under…
A King Kong-like ape once roamed southern China. Scientists say they now know why and when it disappeared
The largest ape on record stood almost 10 feet tall (3 meters) and weighed nearly twice as much as a gorilla. Why and when the legendary colossus — which has…
China launches Einstein probe that’s modeled after lobster eyes and designed to hunt for X-ray bursts
A probe designed to scour the sky for bursts of X-rays that could help illuminate mysterious phenomena linked to black holes and merging stars, took flight this week. The Einstein…
A visual guide to Taiwan’s high-stakes presidential election
Voters will head to the polls in Taiwan on January 13 to elect a new president and parliament amid increasing tensions between the self-governing island and China, which has ramped…
South Africa accuses Israel of genocide and urges top UN court to halt Gaza war
South Africa accused Israel of genocide in an unprecedented case at the United Nations’ top court, saying the country’s leadership was “intent on destroying the Palestinians in Gaza” and calling for…
Somali forces are continuing to search for passengers of captured UN helicopter
Aweis said they had been searching for the passengers since Wednesday night. “They are doing a search in a very practical way because they have to engage the local people…
Taiwan is about to choose its new president. What’s at stake and how might China respond?
All eyes will be on Taiwan this Saturday as voters choose a new leader under the shadow of an increasingly assertive China that has spent the past eight years ramping…
SpaceX’s explosive test flight achieved key milestones. But there is still a long way to go
Mere moments after SpaceX’s Starship system — the most powerful rocket ever built — was lost in a test flight Saturday, a somewhat complicated narrative around the vehicle began to…
Astronomers say they’ve traced the origin of powerful and mysterious radio signal
Astronomers have traced one of the most powerful and distant fast radio bursts ever detected back to its unusual cosmic home: a rare “blob-like” group of galaxies. The unexpected discovery…