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NORFOLK, Va. — Workers reporting to a Virginia Beach military base office building last week found a charming surprise when they walked up to the entrance — two baby otters huddled together in a corner by the door.

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A failed Soviet-era spacecraft is expected to reenter Earth’s atmosphere some time this month.

The Soviet Union launched Kosmos 482 in 1972, intending to land on Venus. However, the probe never left Earth’s orbit ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — As Robert Gaunt, a professor at the University of Pittsburgh, puts it, the sensation of touch doesn't actually come from the fingers. It comes from electrical impulses sent to the brain.

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House Republicans passed a measure Thursday that would repeal the government’s decision to place California’s longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish, on the endangered species list.

House members passed the resolution, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Spencer Parker has never seen so many dolphin strandings in his more than 20 years as an L.A. County lifeguard.

Since he started in 2002, only twice had he seen them come ashore before this year. But in ...Read more

MIAMI — Piles of smelly seaweed have washed ashore on Miami Beach and Key Biscayne, a stinky reminder that this is sargassum season.

The brown seaweed is a common sight across the Caribbean and on South Florida beaches....Read more

On May 1st, 1851, the Great Exhibition opened in London.

Google’s ad network has begun showing advertising within the flow of conversations with chatbots — part of Alphabet Inc.’s efforts to keep its edge in digital advertising as generative artificial intelligence takes ...Read more

State and federal officials said they are working with a chemical manufacturing plant in Wyandotte on a "two-pronged approach" to limit the flow of contaminated groundwater into the Detroit River.

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Busy tourist season is nearly upon Yosemite National Park and officials are warning visitors to be cautious of "one of the most dangerous animals" in the park — and it turns out it doesn't have claws.

More than any ...Read more

Biologists waded through knee-high vegetation in Florida until they reached a spot where purple flowers grew in cone-like formations — then the team got out the glow-in-the dark caterpillars.

The Florida Fish and ...Read more

We’ve all seen robot vacuums, and they’ve made some great strides in getting smarter and doing a better job of cleaning your floors, but I never found one that could be the only vacuum in my house.

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DENVER — A collared gray wolf released in Colorado in January as part of the state’s historic reintroduction effort died in Rocky Mountain National Park last week, wildlife officials said.

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LOS ANGELES — A long-feared monster earthquake off California, Oregon and Washington could cause some coastal areas to sink by more than 6 feet, dramatically heightening the risk of flooding and radically reshaping the ...Read more

Call it the British Invasion. No, it's not the war that started 250 years ago. It's the current all-out assault on the U.S. by British terms and expressions.

American executives, for instance, have adopted the ...Read more

For hard-core gamers, Takaya Kuroda’s voice should sound familiar, though his name may not ring a bell. The Japanese voice actor brings Kazuma Kiryu to life in “Like a Dragon” and “Yakuza.” His work is heard in...Read more

I had a conversation with a friend the other day at the gym. He is buying a new Windows PC and he’s thinking of investing in new antivirus software, and he asked me what I used for antivirus software.

He had his last PC...Read more

Coffee lovers, meet your new best friend, the OutIn Nano portable espresso machine. It redefines coffee on the go. You can use it for home, work, vacations or camping. Whenever or wherever you want a hot cup, turn it on ...Read more