As thousand flocked to the Kabul airport in hopes of leaving Afghanistan, hundreds made their way onto a U.S. Air Force plane going to Qatar.
Author: Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY
Researchers find the closest thing to a ‘real-life dragon’ lived over 150 million years ago in Australia
It didn’t breathe fire, but the Thapunngaka shawi was as long as a school bus with 40 sharp teeth meant to eat fish and small dinosaurs.
Crab-tivating: Chemical in plastic arousing hermit crabs
A study from the University of Hull in England found that a chemical in plastic is making hermit crabs’ respiratory levels rise.
Guinea confirms first case of deadly Marburg virus months after end of Ebola outbreak
Part of the same virus family as Ebola, Marburg has a fatality rate that can reach up to 90%, as the person who had it has died.
Officials still searching for venomous West African banded cobra on the loose in a Dallas suburb
A Texas man called authorities after he noticed his cobra was not in its enclosure. Three days later, they still don’t know where it’s at.
Lydia Jacoby, first Olympic swimmer born in Alaska, wins gold for the US – and for Seward
Christy Terry, mayor of Seward, Alaska, called Lydia Jacoby’s victory in the 100-meter breaststroke “one of the best days in Seward history.”
Nastia Liukin brought all of her style to the Tokyo Olympics and Twitter has mixed feelings about it
The 2008 gymnastics all-around gold medalist is getting love and questions about her fashion choices at the Tokyo Olympics.
Gold medals not entirely made of gold? Here’s all to know about the Tokyo Olympic medals
From the Greek goddess Nike to the use of cell phones, there is a lot that goes into the medals given out at the Olympics.
Scientists discover more than 30 viruses frozen in ice, most never seen before
The group of researchers from Ohio State found viruses with genetic codes that have never been discovered.
Oklahoma woman arrested after commenting on police’s ‘most wanted’ Facebook post about her, authorities say
It didn’t take long for the Tulsa Police Department to arrest Lorraine Graves after she commented on a department Facebook post about her warrant.