The oldest fossilized remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

Australia's Alex Carey has scored his maiden Ashes century to carry his team to a solid total of 8-326 on day one of the third Test at the Adelaide Oval. Carey eventually fell for 106, his third ...

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FORT WORTH, Texas — Annie Babock was in trouble. The baby she was carrying had been diagnosed with intrauterine growth restriction and Annie, her pregnancy at just 24 weeks gestation, diagnosed with ...

It’s been a huge week for micro-penises — especially those belonging to psychopaths. First, it was revealed that DNA evidence has shown that Hitler may have had a miniature soldier, and now a new book ...

With dexterous childlike hands and cheeky “masks,” raccoons are North America’s ubiquitous backyard bandits. The critters are so comfortable in human environments, in fact, that a new study finds that ...

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Coming off a downhill back-of-the-track twisty at the rear of Honda’s R&D proving grounds in Tochigi, Japan, I encountered a slight uphill stretch. It was my second lap, so the engineer co-driver ...

Through Leonardo DiCaprio's Bob, Anderson explores limits and frustrations of a revolutionary in an America where the disenfranchisement of Black and Latino populations has grown beyond his generation ...

A fossilised human skull unearthed in China and dated to around one million years ago may radically change what we know about the origins of our species. Researchers say the analysis suggests Homo ...

Most one-hit wonders out there are known as such. They had one hit that everyone loved (and still loves, more often than not), and then never made it big with another song again. However, there are ...