An example of Crotalus atrox, aka western diamondback rattlesnake. Sometime around 450 CE in the Chihuahuan Desert, one brave soul ate a whole rattlesnake raw. If you think that takes guts, imagine passing an 11mm (0.43 inch) fang afterward. The desiccated coprolite—archaeologists’ term for ancient poop—contained the scales and bones of the snake along with…
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain heads to the polls on Sunday for its most divisive and open-ended election in decades, set to result in a fragmented parliament in which the far-right will get a sizeable presence for the first time since the country’s return to democracy. After a tense campaign dominated by emotive issues, notably national…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionBrother Stanley recalls coming face-to-face with one of the Sri Lanka bombing suspects Fifteen people including six children were killed in Sri Lanka on Friday when suspected Islamist militants blew themselves up in a raid, police said.The raid occurred in Sainthamaruthu, near the hometown of the suspected…
Enlarge / Elon Musk exits federal court on April 4, 2019 in New York City. Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesElon Musk has reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the two parties said in a legal filing on Friday. The new agreement provides much more detailed guidance about when tweets and other public statements by…
(Reuters) - Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them. U.S. dollar notes are seen in this November 7, 2016 picture illustration. Picture taken November 7. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration 1/DOLLAR JUGGERNAUT The dollar has zipped to near two-year highs, leaving…
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Mr Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labour for attempting to steal a propaganda sign President Trump has denied paying North Korea money for the medical care of comatose US student Otto Warmbier.Warmbier was jailed in North Korea in 2015 during an organised tour and died after being returned…
Enlarge / A drone with an Amazon package floats in front of the Amazon logistics center in Leipzig, Germany, 28 October 2014. Amazon did not comment on whether drones will fuel this default one-day speed boost for paying Amazon Prime subscribers' deliveries. Amazon's latest earnings conference call included the reveal of a major shift for…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A nationwide measles outbreak has led health officials to quarantine dozens of people at two Los Angeles universities, officials said on Thursday. The quarantine affects the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA) and comes as the United States battles the highest number…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionJoe Biden: Will it be third time lucky in 2020? Former US Vice-President Joe Biden has declared a presidential bid, putting an end to months of speculation. In a video announcement, Mr Biden argued that the "core values of the nation... our very democracy, everything that has…
Swamp Thing teaser trailer.DC Universe has dropped the first teaser for its forthcoming TV adaption of Swamp Thing, and tonally it feels more like a horror film than your standard comic superhero fare. And that makes sense, given that one of the executive producers is Aquaman director James Wan, who brought us The Conjuring and Insidious…
