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Ancient coral may have been the first glow-in-the-dark creatures, study finds

Recent research suggests that deep-sea corals may have been the first animals to glow 540 million years ago. Marine life uses light for a variety of purposes, including scaring predators, luring prey, and finding mates. Deep-sea soft coral species exhibit bioluminescence, which researchers studied using remote-controlled underwater probes. Many animals can glow in the dark. […]

California’s EV Agenda Will Require Massive And Costly Upgrades, Analysis Finds

California’s electric vehicle (EV) agenda will require costly upgrades to the state’s grid infrastructure if it is to be realized, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The state, often heralded as a national leader when it comes to EVs, is set to ban […]

Fisher with a magnet finds new evidence in Georgia couple’s killing

He is gathering new evidence. A fisherman who used a magnet to find metal objects in a Georgia stream recovered a rifle and other items expected to be key in the trial of a man long suspected of killing an elderly couple nine years ago. . An unidentified searcher first pulled a .22-caliber rifle from […]

China Spent The Last Year Committing Every Human Rights Violation In The Book, US Intel Finds

Despite Beijing’s denials, China committed a flurry of grave human rights violations throughout 2023, according to new U.S. intelligence released Monday. The Chinese government was found throughout the year to have engaged in corruption, repression of political dissidence, arbitrary or illegal killings and detention, torture of detainees, kidnapping and genocide against religious minorities, according to […]

Arizona House Speaker finds himself in eye of abortion-rights tornado

Arizona House Speaker Ben Thoma, a Republican, is facing liquidation as he tries to overcome the fallout from the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that enforced an 1864 abortion ban. Since last week’s decision, Mr. Toma has twice helped block House Democratic efforts to repeal the ban on procedural grounds. Thomas faces pressure from national Republicans, […]