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In Las Vegas, a Violent Sport Sparks Controversy
The New York Times via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoLAS VEGAS — When the meaty palm of Vasil Kamotskii, a 360-pound, 34-year-old pig farmer from Siberia known as Dumpling, struck the tender cheek of the...
A Mammoth First: 52,000-Year-Old DNA, in 3-D
New York Times· 1 day agoHendrik Poinar, an evolutionary geneticist at McMaster University in Canada, was “floored” — the technique had successfully captured the original...
Fossils of ancient chromosomes found for the first time in 52,000-year-old woolly mammoth skin
CNN.com· 1 day agoA piece of woolly mammoth skin excavated from the Siberian permafrost has been found to contain...
3D genome extracted from 'freeze-dried' woolly mammoth
The Raw Story· 9 hours agoAbout 52,000 years ago, the skinned hide of a Siberian woolly mammoth was exposed to conditions so...
In the Garden: Keep the gangsters out of your garden
Waterloo Region Record· 5 days agoThe Ontario invasive council has almost 30 plants on its list and as the climate changes, more of our familiar plants will be sneaking out of the garden,...
A Russian playwright and a theater director sentenced to prison on charges of advocating terrorism
Richmond News· 4 days agoA Russian court on Monday convicted a theater director and a playwright of terrorism charges and...
Photos show the mysterious ancient objects that mountaineers are finding on the Alps' melting...
Business Insider via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days ago"We know that in other regions, they have problems with that," Andenmatten said. For example,...
June sizzles to 13th straight monthly heat record. String may end soon, but dangerous heat won’t
Toronto Star· 5 days agoThere’s hope that the planet will soon see an end to the record-setting part of the heat streak, but...
Russia Places Navalny’s Widow on Extremist List
New York Times· 1 day agoThe Russian agency tasked with combating terrorism financing added Yulia Navalnaya to its registry. Rosfinmonitoring, the Russian government body...
On This Day, July 9: South Sudan declares independence
United Press International via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoIn 2006, a S7 Airlines Airbus from Moscow taking children to a vacation area in Siberia crashed,...
