A new study found that a species of honey bee uses animal poop to ward off attacks from giant hornets, a sister species of the “murder hornets.”
Author: Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY
‘No point in dying now’: 91-year-old British grandad wins the internet with his vaccination story
A 91-year-old British grandfather has won the internet’s heart after giving CNN a rather frank interview about getting the COVID-19 vaccine.
Mount Everest just got a smidge taller after China and Nepal finally agree on height
China and Nepal for years had different heights for Mount Everest. Now both agree on how tall the world’s tallest peak really is.
Lab-grown ‘chicken bites’? Cultured meat product gets world’s first regulatory approval
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Here’s how much exercise you should get a week, even during a pandemic, WHO says in new guidelines
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2 dead after explosion at VA hospital in West Haven, VA secretary says
There have been serious injuries in an explosion at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut, an official said Friday.
A mini moon about to orbit Earth may actually be a piece of space junk from the 1960s
An asteroid likely to get caught in Earth’s orbit and become a “mini moon” for several months may not be an asteroid at all but piece of space junk.
A grandson of 10th US president John Tyler, who took office in 1841, has died at 95
John Tyler took office after President William Henry Harrison died suddenly. Now, 175 years after leaving office, his grandson has died.
New York City voters get absentee ballots with wrong names, addresses
Voters said they were worried about how it would affect their vote in an election already plagued with doubts.
Texas governor declares disaster after brain-eating amoeba that killed 6-year-old found in city’s water
A boil advisory was in effect for a Texas city after earlier this month 6-year-old Josiah McIntyre died after contracting Naegleria fowleri.