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Got any plans for December 22nd, 2032? You may consider canceling them, as there’s a non-zero percent chance that an asteroid will strike the Earth with an explosive force equivalent to thousands of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima. [...]

Every single day, babies across the world are born prematurely, which means that they're born before 37 weeks of gestation. In Canada, about 29,000 infants are born prematurely each year, roughly 1 in every 13. But in the United States, [...]

CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled along the border separating Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, Texas,... --- CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico (AP) — A line of Mexican National Guard and Army trucks rumbled [...]

Gnawing through tree trunks and bureaucratic red tape alike, a colony of Czech beavers recently built a dam exactly where local administrators needed it. Conservationists often talk about species or landscapes performing “ecosystem services” that benefit human civilization. These [...]

Educators are almost always the heroes of their classrooms, but in 2022 at Cedar Hill Elementary in Ardmore, Alabama, a group of first-graders showed amazing courage by helping their teacher during a medical emergency. First-grade teacher Tracy Hodges began experiencing [...]

For 13 years, the Brazilian government has offered its incarcerated citizens a simple deal: read a book, serve less time. This “Remission for Reading” program is now serving as a template to other nations, and prison populations are enjoying [...]

When a dog howls along to music, are they complaining because the music hurts their ears, or are they actually trying to sing along? Most likely, it's the latter—or something like it. According to the American Kennel Club, research [...]

It’s already great news when a lost pup finds its way back home. But it’s even better when the story involves a movie star. When her beloved dachshund named Blue disappeared, Chelsea Blackwell did what any distraught dog mom [...]

Seven people, including a person in a car, were killed when an air ambulance carrying six crashed Friday night near a mall in northeast Philadelphia. --- PHILADELPHIA — Seven people, including a person in a car, were killed when an air ambulance [...]