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A Neolithic pottery vessel about 3 feet wide and 3 feet tall. Researchers announced Monday that they have found shards of similar vessels, about 8,000 years old, south of Tbilisi, Georgia.

Earliest evidence of wine found in 8,000-year-old jars

A Neolithic pottery vessel about 3 feet wide and 3 feet tall. Researchers announced Monday that they have found shards of similar vessels, about 8,000 years old, south of Tbilisi, Georgia.

November 18, 2017, 6:05am Life

At the next holiday dinner, when the discussion turns to politics and you reach for a second glass of merlot, consider this: Your social lubricant has 8,000-year-old roots. People were fermenting grapes and storing wine in massive jugs as long ago as 6000 B.C., according to a study published Monday… Read story

An invasive species of freshwater jellyfish, similar to the one shown here, live in Battle Ground Lake.

Jellyfish find their way into Battle Ground Lake

An invasive species of freshwater jellyfish, similar to the one shown here, live in Battle Ground Lake.

November 18, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Jodie Rogers was reluctant to tell too many people she spotted a jellyfish swimming in Battle Ground Lake because the first few didn’t buy it. Read story

A sculpture with polar bear on a spear by Danish artist Jens Galschiot is pictured outside the 23rd UN Conference of the Parties climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on Friday.

Climate talks wrap up with progress on Paris rulebook

A sculpture with polar bear on a spear by Danish artist Jens Galschiot is pictured outside the 23rd UN Conference of the Parties climate talks in Bonn, Germany, on Friday.

November 17, 2017, 10:36am Nation & World

Global talks on curbing climate change wrapped up Friday, with delegates and observers claiming progress on several key details of the 2015 Paris accord. Read story

Jen Vargas looks at a call log displayed via an AT&T app on her cellphone at her home in Orlando, Fla. The app helps locate and block fraudulent calls although some robocalls still get through.

Phone companies get new tools to block spam calls

Jen Vargas looks at a call log displayed via an AT&T app on her cellphone at her home in Orlando, Fla. The app helps locate and block fraudulent calls although some robocalls still get through.

November 16, 2017, 5:07pm Business

Phone companies will have greater authority to block unwanted calls from reaching customers as regulators adopted new rules to combat automated messages known as robocalls. Read story

Below a serene surface, our oceans harbor horror

November 16, 2017, 6:05am Life

Maybe it’s time we Homo sapiens re-evaluated our relationship with the oceans of the world. Read story

2 dozen octopuses crawl to shore

November 16, 2017, 6:00am Life

More than two dozen octopuses were spotted slogging along a shoreline in West Wales, worrying beachgoers, who spent some time picking up the critters and plopping them back into the ocean. Read story

A sheep indicates recognition of former U.S. President Barack Obama, right, displayed on a computer screen.

Sheep can recognize Baaaa-rack Obama

A sheep indicates recognition of former U.S. President Barack Obama, right, displayed on a computer screen.

November 15, 2017, 4:48pm Life

A new study shows that sheep have the ability to recognize human faces from photographs on computer screens. Read story

A globe and a Ferris wheel stand in the forest Monday near Bonn, Germany. The U.N. Climate Conference takes place in Bonn, Germany through Friday.

Protesters disrupt U.S. fossil, nuclear event

A globe and a Ferris wheel stand in the forest Monday near Bonn, Germany. The U.N. Climate Conference takes place in Bonn, Germany through Friday.

November 13, 2017, 4:58pm Nation & World

Protesters drowned out speeches by White House advisers and business representatives Monday at an event the U.S. government sponsored at the U.N. climate talks in Germany promoting the use of fossil fuels and nuclear energy. Read story

A passenger airplane flies behind steam and white smoke emitted from a coal-fired power plant in Beijing. On Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, scientists projected that global carbon pollution has risen in 2017 after three straight years when the heat-trapping gas didn’t go up at all.

Global carbon pollution rises after 3 straight flat years

A passenger airplane flies behind steam and white smoke emitted from a coal-fired power plant in Beijing. On Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, scientists projected that global carbon pollution has risen in 2017 after three straight years when the heat-trapping gas didn’t go up at all.

November 13, 2017, 9:43am Nation & World

Global carbon pollution rose this year after three straight years when levels of the heat-trapping gas didn’t go up at all, scientists reported Monday. Read story

Delegates arrive at the convention center during the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on Monday.

U.S. and them: America, the elephant in room at climate talks

Delegates arrive at the convention center during the COP 23 Fiji UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, on Monday.

November 9, 2017, 12:45pm Nation & World

How’s this for awkward? The United States has a delegation at international climate talks in Bonn that will be telling other nations what they should do on an agreement that the president wants no part of. Read story