For the first time, giraffes could beprotected underthe Endangered Species Act. On Thursday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that giraffes may qualify aseither threatened or endangered.
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‘Unprecedented, catastrophic:’ Cyclone Kenneth slams into storm-battered Mozambique
Cyclone Kennethslammed into northeastern Mozambique on Thursday, only six weeks after Cyclone Idairavagedthe African nation.
Weird prehistoric creature was ‘strangest crab that ever lived,’ with a ‘hodgepodge of body parts’
Crabs are already among the freakiest-looking animals we encounter, so it’s no surprise their ancestors were bizarre, too.
Violent storms, floods, tornadoes leave 5 dead in South
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The sounds of silence: New device could create words out of thoughts
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Bad air days on the rise: The nation’s most polluted city is …
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‘Mars quake’: Here’s what the first tremor on the red planet sounds like
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For richer, for poorer: Global warming has made the world’s rich richer and the poor poorer, study says
Due in part to rising temperatures from human-caused climate change,the gap between the world’s poorest and richest people has increased in the past half-century.
Get off the screen and look up! The Lyrid meteor shower is coming to a sky near you Sunday and Monday nights
The Lyrid meteor shower will be coming to a sky near you both Sunday and Monday nights, though a bright moon may interfere with the skywatching fun.
A dead pig’s brain was brought back to life, sort of
Did they really bring a dead pig’s brainback to life? Scientists say that they restored “circulation and cellular activity”in a pig’s brain four hours after its death.