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The politicians set for top EU jobs after furious row erupts over nominations
Daily Express· 5 days agoThis first step was the only one needed by Antonio Costa to take over, from December 1, the role of...
Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction – study
Romford Recorder· 6 days agoExperts say the findings indicate the animals were not doomed to go extinct for genetic reasons and that if a mysterious event had not wiped them off the planet they would still exist today.
Two Killer Asteroids Are Flying by Earth, and You May Be Able to See One
The New York Times via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoThis week, two asteroids — one big enough to destroy a city, and the other so large it could end...
How to watch ‘planet killer’ asteroid big enough to ‘end civilization’ fly near Earth this week
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoRubin Observatory in Chile. Astronomers only discovered 2024 MK – which is at least twice the length...
Russia wheels out terrifying Yars missiles in latest nuke drills
Daily Mail· 7 days agoUnsettling footage shows mobile Yars intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) being moved from...
Famine Drove Jamestown Settlers to Eat Native Dogs, DNA Reveals
New York Times· 4 days agoBy analyzing dog bones buried at the site, scientists found butcher marks and surprising breeds.
The death of poets – Tony Delaney on James Clarence Mangan, John Keegan and the cholera epidemic of...
The Irish Times· 6 days agoJames Clarence Mangan of Fishamble Street, Dublin, and John Keegan of Shanahoe in Co Laois. At that...
Scientists say freak event killed woolly mammoths
Daily Mail· 2 days agoThey later went extinct roughly 4,000 years ago on an isolated island off the coast of Siberia in the Arctic Ocean. The latest analysis shows that a few...
A mummified 44,000-year-old wolf is so perfectly preserved its stomach could contain remnants of its...
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Extreme wildfires have doubled in just 20 years – here’s the science
The Conversation via Yahoo News UK· 6 days agoThe confluence of these three trends is particularly pervasive in eastern Siberia, and the western...