Bones From Ancient City Show Skulduggery Was the Rule of the Day
An ancient farming community roughly 9,000 years ago faced shockingly modern problems, a new study released Monday has discovered.
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Scientists Find Evidence of Pot Smoking 2,500 Years Ago
A study of chemical residue in incense burners from ancient burials at high elevations in western China has revealed some of the earliest evidence of the use of cannabis for its psychoactive compounds, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances.
Read moreD-Day 75: A Last Hurrah for Many Surviving Veterans
With the silence of remembrance and respect, nations honored the memory of the fallen and the bravery of all Allied troops who sloshed through bloodied water to the landing beaches of Normandy, a tribute of thanks 75 years after the massive D-Day assault that doomed the Nazi occupation of France and portended the fall of Hitler’s Third Reich.
Read moreWorld Leaders Honor Veterans 75 Years After D-Day
World leaders including Queen Elizabeth II and President Donald Trump gathered Wednesday on the south coast of England to mark the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings. But the stars of the show were the elderly veterans of that campaign who said they were surprised by all the attention: They were just doing their jobs.
Read moreChasing Demons: 75 Years On, D-Day Haunts, Drives Its Vets
They are back, some for the first time since war stole their innocence 75 years ago on Normandy’s D-Day beaches.
Read moreOldest Flaked Stone Tools Point to Repeated Inventions
A newly discovered archaeological site in Ethiopia shows modern humans began incorporating stone tools into daily life about 60,000 years earlier than previously thought, suggesting our ancestors independently invented stone tools many times before then, according to a new study published Monday.
Read moreUS Documents Expose Argentine Dictatorship’s Grisly Crimes
A recently declassified CIA report posted Thursday by the independent National Security Archive shows that agents of Argentina’s dictatorship used dynamite in 1976 to tear up the bodies of 30 people who had been detained as dissidents.
Read morePresence of Trump Complicates D-Day Ceremonies in France
World leaders will gather in solemn assembly next week above the sandy beaches of Normandy to mark the 75th anniversary of the world-changing D-Day invasion of France. It’s typically a heartfelt tribute to alliance and sacrifice and a unified vow for enduring unity, outweighing any national or political skirmish of the moment.
Read moreLast Slave Ship From Africa Found off Alabama Coast
Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States, historical officials said Wednesday.
Read moreUgly Atmosphere Pervades Europe Ahead of Elections
In Germany, a far-right political party is rising in the polls and breaking with taboos about the country’s Nazi past. In Italy, the interior minister speaks from a balcony of a provincial city where Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini once exhorted his followers. Street demonstrations become shouting matches. The social media sphere is filled with vitriol, jeering, profanity.
Read moreBerlin Airlift Remembered, Key Moment in Cold War
Berliners on Sunday celebrated the 70th anniversary of the day the Soviets lifted their blockade strangling West Berlin in the post-World War II years with a big party at the former Tempelhof airport in the German capital.
Read moreMoon Flag
The Explorers Club claims in a federal complaint that it loaned astronaut Neil Armstrong an American flag to fly to the moon, and his second wife, Carol Held Armstrong, is trying to sell it through co-defendant Heritage Auctions.
Read morePutin Vows to Strengthen Russia’s Armed Forces
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told the annual military Victory Day parade in Red Square that the country will continue to strengthen its armed forces.
Read moreRefurbished ‘Big Boy’ Locomotive Fires up Crowds in the West
It’s longer than two city buses, weighs more than a Boeing 747 fully loaded with passengers and can pull 16 Statues of Liberty over a mountain. Big Boy No. 4014 steam locomotive rolled out of a Union Pacific restoration shop in Cheyenne last weekend after five years of restoration. It headed toward Utah as part of a yearlong tour to commemorate the Transcontinental Railroad’s 150th anniversary.
Read moreModern Horses Faster Than Their Ancestors
The fall of the Persian Empire in the 7th century and modern breeding practices both played a part in how horses have changed over the last 5,000 years and a snapshot of that timeline is presented in a new study published Thursday.
Read moreHolocaust Survey Exposes Gaps in Austrians’ Knowledge
A new survey has found that many Austrians lack basic knowledge of the Nazi genocide — even though the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp was just outside of the city of Linz, and some of the key perpetrators of the Holocaust were Austrian.
Read moreChinese Fossil Sheds Light on Mysterious Neanderthal Kin
By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 40 years after it was found by a monk
Read moreFingerprint of Climate Change on Drought Traced to 1900
While scientists have known that rising temperatures and the effects of climate change date back to the very early 20th century, researchers revealed Wednesday the fingerprint of climate change on drought and the long-term effect on global water supplies can be traced to 1900.
Read moreUK Opens Probe of Tainted-Blood Scandal That Killed 2400
A long-awaited inquiry opened Tuesday in Britain into how contaminated blood was used to treat thousands of people in the 1970s and ’80s, killing at least 2,400.
Read moreUS WWII Bomb Detonated in Germany, Causing Massive Damage
The controlled detonation of an American World War II bomb in the southern German city of Regensburg has still caused widespread damage to nearby houses.
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