The U.K. boy’s mother posted his moneymaking schemes on Facebook, where it amassed 98,000 comments — much of which praised his entrepreneurial savvy.
Author: Joshua Bote, USA TODAY
At least 44 dead from drinking toxic alcohol in Iran after coronavirus cure rumor
A false rumor has circulated throughout Iran that alcohol can prevent the coronavirus. More than 40 have died and hundreds have been hospitalized.
Family says they bought 12-year supply of toilet paper by accident amid coronavirus scare
Haidee Janetzki mistakenly ordered 48 boxes of the company’s toilet paper, which comes in 48 roll boxes. It amounted to over $3,000 of the stuff.
How do I plan a wedding during the coronavirus outbreak?
Multiple experts caution that it might not be worth canceling your wedding plans, at least right now because of coronavirus fears.
These tiny, plastic-munching caterpillars can clean up our world – but there’s a catch
Researchers at Brandon University found that waxworms are able to “metabolize polyethylene at unprecedented rates.” But it’s not all good news.
Former Illinois GOP Congressman Aaron Schock who opposed gay marriage comes out as gay
Schock resigned from Congress in 2015 after lavish spending. Given the choice now, he wrote, he “would support LGBTQ rights in every way.”
Newly discovered fossil is a billion-years-old, the oldest green seaweed ever found
The P. antiquus fossil, which is about the size of a flea, was discovered on a rock in a dry area of northern China that was previously ocean.
Scientists discover the first-known animal that doesn’t need oxygen to survive
H. salminicola, a common salmon parasite, is the first animal found in the wild to not have mitochondrial DNA, which is required for respiration.
‘Hidden Figures’ mathematician Katherine Johnson, who broke barriers at NASA, dies at 101
Katherine Johnson, the venerated NASA mathematician who was depicted in the film “Hidden Figures,” died Monday. She was 101.
Frozen bird discovered in Siberia is around 46,000 years old, researchers say
This is the first bird carcass procured from Ice Age permafrost deposits, researchers note. It’s an ancestor of two different lark subspecies.