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Newly discovered figurines point to skills that might have helped shape early humans’ expansion across Europe.

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During the recent high temperatures in Zhengzhou, Henan province, the Zhengzhou Zoo provided the animals with cooling supplies to help them beat the heat. [Photo by Li Wenyue/For chinadaily.com.cn] ...

After suffering a seizure inside a Texas immigration detention center, Leqaa Kordia said, she was kept in chains that weighed down her hands and legs in a hospital room, while barred from contacting ...

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Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species Act Climate change is driving a gray whale “catastrophic mortality event” in the Pacific Ocean ...

Discover mummified mammoth poop and the Ice Age secrets it holds.