Did the First Australians Keep Dingoes as Pets?
Burial remains from 800-2,000 years ago hint that the First Australians may have kept the continent’s famous canine species as pets. Source link
Continue ReadingMonth: June 2024
A Surprising Climate Find
As the planet warms, atoll nations like the Maldives seemed doomed to shrink. Scientists have begun to tell a surprising new story. Source link
Continue ReadingA Biden-Trump Debate Cheat Sheet for Business
Tax policy, inflation, the economy and markets will be some key issues for corporate America and Wall Street in tonight’s showdown between President Biden and Donald Trump. Source link
Continue ReadingTwo Killer Asteroids Are Flying by Earth, and You May Be Able to See One
The smaller of the pair was spotted only this month and could be visible with binoculars as it passes by our planet within the distance to the moon. Source link
Continue ReadingNorth Korea Says It Tested Multiple-Warhead Missile Technology
The announcement, coming days after Vladimir V. Putin’s visit to Pyongyang, suggests an ambitious attempt to upgrade the North’s nuclear arsenal. Source link
Continue ReadingProminent Lawyer Roberta Kaplan Departs Firm After Clash With Colleagues
The well-connected attorney, who founded a powerhouse firm at the dawn of the #MeToo era, has faced complaints that she mistreated and insulted other lawyers. Source link
Continue ReadingBots Tied to China Are Harassing a Dissident’s Teenage Daughter
A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extended to sexually suggestive threats against his 16-year-old daughter. Source link
Continue ReadingAre We Loving Our Pets to Death?
Pet owners are treating their animal charges ever more like humans. But that isn’t good for pets, or for us, many experts argue. Source link
Continue ReadingSupreme Court Seems Poised to Allow Emergency Abortions in Idaho for Now
A document posted briefly to the court’s website suggested a majority of the justices would reinstate a lower-court ruling that paused the state’s near-total abortion ban. Source link
Continue ReadingHollywood Sharpens Aim at Online Pirates
Major U.S. entertainment companies are hiring a former top F.B.I. official and renewing a push for federal legislation to combat online thievery overseas. Source link
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