Representative Image of Chosha praecursor, an early insect with paddle-like abdominal appendages in a prehistoric landscape (AI-generated image) Today, insects occupy nearly every terrestrial environment on Earth and account for more described species than any other animal group, yet the earliest stages of their evolutionary history remain poorly documented. A newly described species from western…

PC: Sapienza University of Rome In 1963, archaeologists exploring Romito Cave in Calabria, southern Italy, uncovered an unusual Upper Palaeolithic burial in which two people lay together in an embrace more than 12,000 years ago. For decades, the remains were believed to belong to an adult male and an adolescent male, with their differences in…

Kansas City bride Katrina Badowski. A Kansas City bride has gone viral after receiving a jury duty summons for the same day as her wedding in Rome, more than 5,000 miles away.Katrina Badowski, 35, received the summons on August 14, requiring her to report for a week of jury duty starting Monday — the day…

Islamic Center of San diego. (AP Photo) A 17-year-old girl has been charged with three counts of murder after allegedly recording a livestream of a shooting at a California mosque that left three people dead, authorities said.According to the BBC, the teenager from North Carolina was also accused of publishing a manifesto written by the…

Representative Image (AI-generated) What happens when waste from a coal-fired power station is placed beneath the sea? In 1989, researchers in the UK built an experimental artificial reef from 50 tons of stabilised coal-fired power station waste, and marine life began moving in almost immediately. The unusual experiment took place in Poole Bay, off the…