A 23-year-old asymptomatic COVID-19 carrier is in isolation in Vanuatu after testing positive following his return from the United States.
Author: Jordan Culver, USA TODAY
Ogre-faced spiders don’t need ears to ‘hear’ their prey, study finds. These large-eyed nocturnal predators snag food out of the air.
Ogre-faced, net-casting spiders (Deinopis spinosa) use sensors in their legs to “hear” prey coming before they snatch their food out of the air.
High winds, dry air, low humidity combine to create ‘dangerous fire weather event’ for California through Tuesday
Dangerous winds are expected to blow through parts of California, setting up extreme fire conditions in the Golden State.
A Colorado man who expressed ‘hatred’ of Jewish people and planned to blow up a synagogue pleads guilty to federal hate crime
Richard Holzer, 28, pleaded guilty to federal hate crime and explosives charges in relation to a plot to blow up a Colorado synagogue.
NTSB investigates weekend aircraft crashes in Texas, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois that killed 10 people
The NTSB is investigating deadly small plane crashes in Texas, Michigan and Indiana, and a fatal helicopter crash in Illinois over the weekend.
‘Completely preserved’ Ice Age cave bear carcass found by reindeer herders in Russia
Scientists at North-Eastern Federal University (NEFU) in Yakutsk, Russia, on Monday announced a cave bear carcass was discovered by reindeer herders.
‘It seems systematic’: Doctors group finds 115 cases of head injuries from crowd control weapons during nationwide protests
An analysis by Physicians for Human Rights found at least 115 head injuries over two months when police fired projectiles at protesters.
Weddings, holiday dinners: How to say no when friends, family want to see you
An etiquette expert and a psychologist offer insights on turning down invitations to events during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
What’s a ‘zombie fire?’ Dangerous underground fires spark record-setting wildfires in Arctic Circle
“Zombie fires” are also known has “holdover fires.” They can burn underground for years, melting permafrost in arctic regions.
More like a ‘bang’ than a ‘chirp’: Scientists detect gravitational wave from massive merger of 2 black holes
The merger of two black holes, estimated to have occurred about 7 billion years ago, is the largest observed in gravitational waves, researchers say.