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Denisovans were living on the Tibetan plateau surprisingly recently, scientists say
CNN via Yahoo News· 1 week agoLittle is known about the Denisovans. But a new study is revealing how these enigmatic ancient...
Stadium-sized asteroid to buzz by Earth on Saturday: 5 things to know
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAn asteroid the size of a football stadium will thread the needle between Earth and the moon...
Two Killer Asteroids Are Flying by Earth, and You May Be Able to See One
The New York Times via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoThis week, two asteroids — one big enough to destroy a city, and the other so large it could end...
Portugal is among the worst affected countries as climate change ramps up extreme wildfires
Euronews via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoClimate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of the world’s most extreme wildfires, a...
Organizing the Countries of the World by Continent
HowStuffWorks via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWith the addition of South Sudan as the 195th sovereign nation in 2011, the world witnessed another chapter in its ever-expanding story. Each country contains its own narrative, whether it's ...
Hunting may have helped humans become long-distance runners – scientists
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 2 months agoScientists say they have uncovered yet more evidence that suggests hunting may have helped humans...
Is Russia ready for climate change? Mass floods expose lack of adaptation, campaigners say
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn 9 April, days after a dam burst caused disastrous flooding in southern Russia, Yulia Navalnya...
Floods in Russia and Kazakhstan: How bad are they?
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe worst hit areas in Russia are just to the south of the Ural Mountains, about 1,200 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. Emergencies have been declared in...
Deforestation rules could hit supply chain’s ‘weakest link’, coffee farmers warn
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News· 4 months agoNew rules that would ban UK businesses from selling goods sourced from land linked to illegal...
Patt Morrison: Take a walk through L.A.'s spectacular, neglected and paved-over cemeteries
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoCemeteries -- grand and all-but-forgotten -- dot our landscape. Here are their stories -- and the...