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Animals are remarkable architects. Their nests, tunnel systems and caves are perfectly designed, and some of their structures are thousands of years old. Here are just a few examples of their ...

Along with other treasures, the nearly 12-inch-tall (30 centimeters) swan was discovered in a burial mound in the Pazyryk Valley of the Altai Mountains, near Russia's borders with Kazakhstan ...

A Malaysian woman was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 17 years in the United Kingdom on Friday (Oct 25) for the murder of her newborn child in March. According to the Crown ...

PETALING JAYA - A Malaysian student was convicted of murder in Britain for killing her newborn baby. Teo Jia Xin, 22, pleaded guilty to the charge after the body of the baby was found stuffed in a ...

The third-largest outbreak in history of the deadly Marburg virus was sparked by a single jump of the pathogen from an animal to humans, preliminary genomic evidence shows. The outbreak began last ...

For 20 years, Ann Taylor Pittman built a career of creating healthy recipes at Cooking Light magazine, where she most recently served as Executive Editor. She is the recipient of two James Beard ...