Roopkund Lake has baffled scientists for almost 80 years following a discovery from a British forest ranger in 1941. The lake is located 5,029 metres (16,500ft) above sea level, and expands and…
Some furious French MEPs have demanded English be ditched in the corridors of power in Brussels and Strasbourg where it is still used in official EU communications and remains widely accepted as…
The available evidence from the recent car crash involving Tiger Woods indicates that the famed golfer was not paying attention to the road and drifted off of it before crashing his car,…
AUSTIN, Texas — Not even a historic week of freezing temperatures and record-setting snowfall last month could mitigate some of the toughest and most threatening invasive species known to Central Texas, biologists from the Texas…
FORT MYERS, Fla. – It’s already been a deadly year for Florida manatees. More sea cows deaths have been documented through the first two months of the year than were recorded during those…
“Unfortunately, instead of helping to inculcate better ethics and integrity, this phenomenon is encouraging a tunnel vision” that encourages violence, intolerance and hate, he wrote recently in a local newspaper. “Religiosity has…
Psychiatrists, psychologists and pediatricians in Germany have voiced growing alarm that school closings, social restrictions and other precautions are magnifying the fear, disruption and stress of the pandemic among Germany’s 13.7 million…
“I thought it must be a lie or a joke,” said Ubaldo Sánchez, 61, who walked off his cornfield, confused and ecstatic, when his daughter ran up to him, shouting the news.…
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Due to the slow pace of vaccinations in the country, experts have warned hospitalisations and case levels may skyrocket in the coming months. In a warning from a group of scientists at…