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Yellow crazy ants are seen in a bait testing efficacy trial at the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in December 2015. An invasive species, the yellow crazy ant has been eradicated from the remote U.S. atoll in the Pacific. (Robert Peck/U.S.

‘Crazy’ ants eradicated from atoll

Yellow crazy ants are seen in a bait testing efficacy trial at the Johnston Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in December 2015. An invasive species, the yellow crazy ant has been eradicated from the remote U.S. atoll in the Pacific. (Robert Peck/U.S.

June 29, 2021, 6:05am Life

An invasive species known as the yellow crazy ant has been eradicated from a remote U.S. atoll in the Pacific. Read story

A virtual reconstruction of a human ancestor mandible found in Nesher Ramla, Israel. On Thursday, scientists reported that bones found in an Israeli quarry are from a branch of the human evolutionary tree and are 120,000 to 140,000 years old.

Israeli fossils tied to evolution of humans

A virtual reconstruction of a human ancestor mandible found in Nesher Ramla, Israel. On Thursday, scientists reported that bones found in an Israeli quarry are from a branch of the human evolutionary tree and are 120,000 to 140,000 years old.

June 29, 2021, 6:05am Life

Bones found in an Israeli quarry are from a branch of the human evolutionary tree and are 120,000 to 140,000 years old, scientists reported Thursday. Read story

People look at a dead bull shark on a dock in 2005 in Destin, Fla.

Humans are ‘not on the menu’ for bull sharks

People look at a dead bull shark on a dock in 2005 in Destin, Fla.

June 29, 2021, 6:05am Life

The bull shark, a fearsome predator that could kill you with a single bite, turns out to be the fourth-most abundant shark species in South Florida, according to a new study of the region’s sharks. Read story

Astronaut Leland Melvin exercises Nov. 22, 2009, in the Unity module of the International Space Station while the space shuttle Atlantis is docked. Astronauts on the space station exercise two hours daily.

NASA, Tide team to tackle laundry in space

Astronaut Leland Melvin exercises Nov. 22, 2009, in the Unity module of the International Space Station while the space shuttle Atlantis is docked. Astronauts on the space station exercise two hours daily.

June 29, 2021, 6:00am Life

How do astronauts do laundry in space? They don’t. Read story

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. "There's a whole fleet of them," one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. "It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021.

No ET, no answers: Intel report is inconclusive about UFOs

The image from video provided by the Department of Defense labelled Gimbal, from 2015, an unexplained object is seen at center as it is tracked as it soars high along the clouds, traveling against the wind. "There's a whole fleet of them," one naval aviator tells another, though only one indistinct object is shown. "It's rotating." The U.S. government has been taking a hard look at unidentified flying objects, under orders from Congress, and a report summarizing what officials know is expected to come out in June 2021.

June 25, 2021, 2:34pm Life

A long-awaited U.S. government report on UFOs released Friday makes at least one thing clear: The truth is still out there. Read story

This photo provided by NASA shows astronauts NASA's Shane Kimbrough and France's Thomas Pesquet during a space walk outside the International Space Station on Friday, June 25, 2021. The astronauts are working to install another new solar panel outside the station.

Astronauts complete solar panel work in 3rd spacewalk

This photo provided by NASA shows astronauts NASA's Shane Kimbrough and France's Thomas Pesquet during a space walk outside the International Space Station on Friday, June 25, 2021. The astronauts are working to install another new solar panel outside the station.

June 25, 2021, 11:20am Life

Astronauts worked to install another new solar panel outside the International Space Station on Friday, making their third spacewalk in just over a week. Read story

This illustration depicts the planet Earth, center, with the sun in the background. The line of spots across the center of the image indicates star systems which can see Earth as it goes in front of our sun.

Can E.T. see us? many stars have a prime Earth view

This illustration depicts the planet Earth, center, with the sun in the background. The line of spots across the center of the image indicates star systems which can see Earth as it goes in front of our sun.

June 25, 2021, 6:04am Life

Feeling like you are being watched? It could be from a lot farther away than you think. Read story

Should you trust financial advice found on Reddit?

June 25, 2021, 6:03am Life

Should you take money advice from a stranger on the internet? In Reddit’s r/personalfinance channel, anonymous users exchange tips on buying homes, choosing insurance plans and managing very personal, nuanced money situations. (Think: “How do I handle my dying dad’s debts?”) Read story

The development stages of the coelacanth. The "living fossil" fish, still around from the time of the dinosaurs, can live for 100 years, according to a study released in the June 17 edition of Current Biology.

Weird ‘living fossil’ fish lives 100 years, is pregnant for 5

The development stages of the coelacanth. The "living fossil" fish, still around from the time of the dinosaurs, can live for 100 years, according to a study released in the June 17 edition of Current Biology.

June 22, 2021, 6:00am Life

a giant weird fish still around from dinosaur times — can live for 100 years, a new study found. Read story

Sunset obscured by smoke-filled skies near Alder Creek Grove where Sequoia trees had grown on this Sierra Nevada ridgetop for well over 500 years. Giant Sequoia National Monument on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Springville, California.

Scientists are trying to make California forests more fire resilient

Sunset obscured by smoke-filled skies near Alder Creek Grove where Sequoia trees had grown on this Sierra Nevada ridgetop for well over 500 years. Giant Sequoia National Monument on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2020, in Springville, California.

June 21, 2021, 6:00am Nation & World

To the untrained eye, the scrubby slope off Wentworth Springs Road in the Eldorado National Forest looks like any other patch of Sierra Nevada ridgetop. Tufted in native shrubs and flecked by darkened pine stumps, it’s part of a 30,000-acre swath of land that was deforested in 2014, when the… Read story