At least one episode - a devastating marine heat wave off the coast of Australia that cooked ecosystems and damaged fisheries - would have been “virtually impossible” without human influence, scientists said.
The Kepler Space Telescope, NASA’s powerhouse planet hunter, is out of fuel at age 9.
The universe's biggest space telescope is as tall as a three-story building and as wide as a tennis court. Its main mirror is large enough to collect light from the very first, most distant stars and sensitive enough to capture the heat signature of a bumblebee on the moon.
The new archaeological find, announced Thursday, offers tantalizing evidence of a Viking presence 300 miles from the only place in Canada they'd ever been seen before.
The BBC's "Swiss Spaghetti Harvest" TV broadcast has been declared one of the greatest April Fools' pranks all of all time. But it was not the first ever April Fools' joke, not by a long shot.
The man's girlfriend, who was with him when the gun went off, told authorities that the pair had taken several selfies with the gun throughout the day.
The man's girlfriend, who was with him when the gun went off, told authorities that the pair had taken several selfies with the gun throughout the day.
Shortly before a gunman shot three people and injured another 14 on Thursday, he had been served with a court order aimed at barring him from contact with someone he had abused, authorities said Friday.
Fear of large predators keeps smaller predators in check, allowing even smaller animals to flourish. But a Canadian scientists believes humans are destroying that harmony by killing off the world's scariest predators.
Controversial Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy -- whose two sons are already imprisoned for their roles in the armed takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon -- was unexpectedly arrested by the FBI after arriving in Portland late Wednesday, en route to the refuge himself.
The happy ending - or as happy as can be expected to a saga in which a man tries to have his wife killed - was made possible by three unusually principled hit men, a helpful pastor and one incredibly gutsy woman: Rukundo.
The happy ending - or as happy as can be expected to a saga in which a man tries to have his wife killed - was made possible by three unusually principled hit men, a helpful pastor and one incredibly gutsy woman: Rukundo.
