Drone Deliveries

UPS Begins Using Drones to Transport Medical Samples at North Carolina Hospitals

By KEVIN KELLEHER 

UPS said Tuesday it began using unmanned drones to transport medical samples at a North Carolina hospital system, part of its longer-term plan to incorporate drones into its delivery of supplies and samples to medical facilities.

Aztec Ruler's Tomb

No Aztec Ruler's Tomb Has Been Found. That May Change

Reuters: Discoveries in Mexico City suggest archaeologists are close

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Tourists visit the Templo Mayor archaeological site in Mexico City in this file photo. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leaders during their rule, but the final resting place...   (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

For all the discoveries made about the Aztecs, archaeologists have never found the tomb of an Aztec ruler. Reuters reports that may be about to change.

Last Supermoon of 2019

The Last Supermoon of 2019 Is Coming — Here's How to Make Sure You Don't Miss It

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JAMIE CARTER 

A big, bright Full Worm Moon will appear in the east on Wednesday at almost the exact moment spring begins in the northern hemisphere. It's the first time in 19 yearsthis link opens in a new tab that's happened, though this one is even more special because the Full Worm Moon is also a supermoon.

T. Rex Predecessor

Mighty T. Rex Had a Pipsqueak Predecessor

Moros intrepidus stood 3 to 4 feet tall

By John Johnson

Meet the not-so-mighty Moros.   (Jorge Gonzalez/North Carolina State University)

Tyrannosaurus rex may have been the fiercest dinosaur on the planet just before the creatures went extinct, but even T-rex had humble beginnings.

World's Biggest Bee

World's biggest bee found alive

By Helen Briggs

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Image captionA single female Wallace's giant bee was found

The world's biggest bee has been re-discovered, after decades thought lost to science.

The giant bee - which is as long as an adult's thumb - was found on a little-explored Indonesian island.

American Kids, British Accents

American parents say their children are speaking in British accent after watching too much Peppa Pig

Parents in the US are saying the UK animated TV show Peppa Pig has caused their children to develop British accents. Credit: Entertainment One/YouTube

American parents say their children are picking up British accents after watching the popular children's TV show Peppa Pig.

The cartoon follows the life of Peppa and her family in a UK fictional town made up of various animal families.

Westminster Dog Show winner

People are outraged over the Westminster Dog Show winner

Longhaired dachshund Burns: sadly not Best in Show.

IMAGE: SARAH STIER/GETTY IMAGES

BY SHANNON CONNELLAN9 HOURS AGO

On a crisp winter's night in New York City, folks rallied around a literal underdog (ugh, sorry).

King, a majestic wire fox terrier, took out the coveted Best in Show award at the 143rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday.

'Catastrophic Collapse'

World seeing 'catastrophic collapse' of insects: study

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One-in-six species of bees have gone regionally extinct somewhere in the world (AFP Photo/SYLVAIN THOMAS)

Paris (AFP) - Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according to a study warning of dire consequences for crop pollination and natural food chains.

America's Next Top Dog

An Underdog Could Be America's Next Top Dog

Dachshund has never been top at Westminster before

By Newser Editors and Wire Services

A judge examines Pikku, a Norwegian Lundehund breed, during the Best of Breed event at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, in New York.   (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Could this really be the year that dachshunds get out of the Westminster doghouse?

Witness Protection Program

How the Witness Protection Program Decides Where To Send People

Are witnesses ever relocated somewhere cool? Or just the middle of nowhere?

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Gerald Shur, the retired founder and longtime head of the Federal Witness Protection Program, poses for a portrait May 6, 2002 at an undisclosed suburban location.

Get Paid to Ski

Get Paid to Ski—but Only If You're 'Mediocre'

Sportswear company has a dream job listing

By Evann Gastaldo

Skiers take to the slopes in Big Bear Lake, Calif., on Friday.   (AP Photo/Christopher Weber)

If you love to ski but you're not all that excellent at it, pay attention: Sportswear company Tenson is looking for you.

Most Poisonous Creature

A Tourist in Australia Unknowingly Held One of the Most Poisonous Creatures in the Ocean

 

CAILEY RIZZO

There’s one rule in nature that is best left obeyed: don’t touch something if you don’t know what it is.

Fastest-Growing Jobs

The fastest-growing job in each U.S. state

 Adriana BelmonteReactions

• blog on TumblrShuary jobs report crushes expectations after panemployment rate rose slightly to 4.0% in January 2019, while the labor force participation rate hit its highest mark since 2013. Overall, the report indicated that the U.S. labor market is still chugging along.

The unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.0% in January 2019, while the labor force participation rate hit its highest mark since 2013. Overall, the report indicated that the U.S. labor market is still chugging along.

Famous Instagram Egg

Here's What Famous Instagram Egg Was Really All About

Mental health, as it turns out

By Evann Gastaldo

Not the actual World Record Egg, but pretty close.   (Getty Images / Suradech14)

After a random picture of an egg smashed Kylie Jenner's Instagram record a month ago, people have wondered who or what is behind the account.

Live Another 135 Years

He's 45, Plans to Live Another 135 Years. Here's How

Bulletproof Coffee founder Dave Asprey has spent $1M in pursuit of his goal

By Kate Seamons

Add that butter.   (Getty Images)

Dave Asprey is 45, which in his view "officially" makes him a young adult. That's because his well-known goal is to live to 180; he's now a quarter of the way there.

Famous Doomed Ship

Antarctic Mission Zeroes In on Famous Doomed Ship

Researchers hope this week to find Ernest Shackleton's sunken Endurance

By John Johnson

Explorer Ernest Shackleton.   (Getty/Photos.com)

A team of Antarctic researchers sets off on Monday to find one of the most famous shipwrecks in history.

Automation

Automation threatening 25% of jobs in the US, especially the 'boring and repetitive' ones: Brookings study 

• One-quarter of American jobs are at a high risk of automation. 
• The disruption will hit certain people harder than others, including low-wage earners and men. 
• These are the findings of a new report by the Brookings Institution, a Washington-based think tank, titled, Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How Machines Affect People and Places.

Demika Alston was a teenager when she was hired at Au Bon Pain as a cashier. Through the years, she climbed up to general manager.

Human Ancestor

AI Predicts Humans Have an Ancestor We Don't Even Know About Yet

Neanderthals and their Denisovan cousins likely formed a new species, an A.I. says. That muddies human evolution even further.

By David Grossman

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Using artificial intelligence, a number of European evolutionary biologists now believe that humans have an ancient ancestor whose identity is unknown to modern science. The ancestor, based out of Asia, would have been a hybrid of Neanderthals and Denisovans, a subspecies of archaic humans.

Alexander the Great

Theory: Alexander the Great Alive for 6 Days After 'Death'

Dr. Katherine Hall argues it's history's greatest case of pseudothanatos

By Kate Seamons

Alexander the Great.   (Getty Images)

The Ancient Greeks took it as a sign that Alexander the Great was a god.

New Shark Species

A New Shark Species Was Found in the Mud of Sue the T. Rex

The Galagadon was a tiny freshwater shark living among much larger dinosaurs.

By John Wenz

(C) VELIZAR SIMEONOVSKI, FIELD MUSEUM

On a typical day in 2011, Chicago Field Museum volunteer Karen Nordquist was undertaking her usual task: sifting ancient mud through a mesh screen that captures small fossils. This particular batch of mud had been found around the excavation site of the museum's most famous resident—Sue the T. Rex, the best preserved and most complete example of the species.