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Fossil from Nevada cave spurs discovery of extinct horse

Horse bones found in Gypsum Cave in the 1930s were so well preserved they were mistaken for modern equines and filed away in museums. Now they have helped identify a new type of extinct, stilt-legged horse that vanished eons ago.

East Coast fishermen fear forests of wind turbines

East Coast fishermen around New Bedford, Massachusetts, dread the possibility of navigating a forest of wind turbines as they make their way to the fishing grounds that have made it the nation’s most lucrative fishing port for 17 years running.

New camera gear developed to probe Fukushima nuclear reactor

Toshiba Corp.’s energy systems unit on Friday unveiled a long telescopic pipe carrying a pan-tilt camera designed to gather crucial information about the situation inside the reactor chambers at Japan’s tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Trump blames North Korea for worldwide ransomware attack in May

President Donald Trump’s administration is publicly blaming North Korea for a ransomware attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May and crippled parts of Britain’s National Health Service.

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Ex-Navy pilot describes encounter with UFO, says ‘It was real’

For most of his 18-year career as a U.S Navy pilot, Cmdr. David Fravor said his mother-in-law used to ask him a question: had he seen a UFO? For 15 years, the answer was no. But one clear afternoon off the coast of California in 2004, he says, that changed.

Released videos might give credence to secret search for UFOs

Just before leaving his Defense Department job two months ago, intelligence officer Luis Elizondo quietly arranged to secure the release of three of the most unusual videos in the Pentagon’s secret vaults: raw footage from encounters between fighter jets and “anomalous aerial vehicles” — military jargon for UFOs.

France awards grants to US-based climate scientists

Eighteen climate scientists from the U.S. and elsewhere hit the jackpot Monday as French President Emmanuel Macron awarded them millions of euros in grants to relocate to France for the rest of Donald Trump’s presidential term.

Facebook rolls out new Messenger app just for children

The social media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents.

Uber paid hackers to cover up breach affecting 57M riders, drivers

Uber is coming clean about its cover-up of a year-old hacking attack that stole personal information about more than 57 million of the beleaguered ride-hailing service’s customers and drivers.

 
Fireball lights up Finnish skies with ‘glow of 100 full moons’

A blazing fireball lit up the dark skies of Arctic Finland for five seconds, giving off what scientists said was “the glow of 100 full moons” and igniting hurried attempts to find the reported meteorite.

Graffiti in active volcano at Death Valley erased by park service

National Park Service employees had to roll out about 600 feet of hose to erase the latest graffiti at Death Valley: large letters and symbols scratched into the mud bottom of Ubehebe Crater at the northern end of the national park.

 
Facebook says Russian ads seen by as many as 126M users

Major tech companies plan to tell Congress Tuesday that they have found additional evidence of Russian activity on their services surrounding the 2016 U.S. election.

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