Children wear face masks during the Lunar New Year of the Rat public holiday in Hong Kong on Jan. 27, 2020. The outbreak of a new coronavirus in China has killed more than 900 people, but one group has escaped…
In this episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we’ll take a closer look at some of the mysteries surrounding one of our closest animal companions: dogs. How did dogs get to be dogs; what do they dream about?; and do they…
Bruce the hyena shares a tender moment with a friend. D.C. Comics’ manic pixie criminal Harley Quinn gets it: Hyenas are delightful. In the movie “Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)” (2020, Warner Bros. Pictures), Ms.…
If coronavirus patient Alan Steele, from Wolverhampton, is given the all clear and discharged from a Yokohama hospital he cannot return to the Diamond Princess cruise ship, where his wife Wendy is in a 14-day quarantine with 3,700 others A…
The 1,200-year-old glass game piece looks good enough to eat. What looks like a tasty, blue gumdrop decorated with white frosting is actually a 1,200-year-old glass “king” piece that may have belonged to an elite gamer, according to Durham University,…
Earth’s largest known shark, Carcharocles megalodon, ruled the seas for more than 20 million years. The megalodon, which went extinct millions of years ago, was the largest shark ever to prowl the oceans and one of the largest fish on…
Twenty wriggling tawny sharks (Nebrius ferrugineus) were recently caught on video undulating on a beach on Mer Island, Australia. But why were the sharks shimmying in the sand? Though the sharks were gathered in shallow water, they weren’t stranded or…
Many men take the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, without problems. But in rare cases, they may experience an odd side effect: changes in eyesight, including blue-tinted vision, that last for several weeks, according to a…
A British man on his honeymoon is among the 61 passengers on Carnival’s Diamond Princess to have tested positive for coronavirus, according to a Brit pensioner who is stranded on board A British man on his honeymoon has contracted coronavirus…
Pvt. Arthur Edward Diggens’ diary was written in pencil and spans from Feb. 13, 1916 to Oct. 11, 1916. It ends rather abruptly — but not because the soldier was killed in battle. Hansons AuctioneersThe diary was found in a…