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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Anything that piles up over time can offer clues about past climate conditions or surrounding landscapes and how they’ve change, and that goes for bat poop. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that researchers from Missouri and Virginia are studying what’s scientifically

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rare salt formations are being documented for the first time on the shores of the Great Salt Lake, and they could yield insights about salt structures found on Mars before they disappear for good. They’re showing up now in part because water levels have been lowered by

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A volunteer at the Clark County Museum in Nevada has discovered two human skulls and two human jaw bones in archival storage boxes prompting an investigation. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Thursday that the 50-year-old museum grew from a collection of items from the Las

BERLIN (AP) – German officials say that experts have successfully defused two 330-pound bombs from World War II in the western city of Dortmund. Earlier, about 14,000 people were asked to leave the area as a precaution. The city’s train station was shut down Sunday and all trains were

A very brave 6-year-old kelpie-border collie named Patsy from Victoria, Australia  rounded up 900 sheep into a safe enclosure during a brushfire on New Year’s Eve.  

Corn spilled on the tracks by my house the ducks and deer haven’t found it yet pic.twitter.com/UIdcT0aWKO — Mike Parker (@Mike1Parker) January 5, 2020 CRYSTAL, Minn. (AP) — Bushels and bushels of corn spilled from a freight train and formed a smooth, yellow path on railroad tracks in