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Who's the daddy? Baby shark hatched at aquarium with no males might not have one
When a shark egg appeared one day in a shark tank at a Louisiana aquarium, staff were puzzled. That’s because the tank only has two sharks in it — and they’re both female.
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This theatre critic hurt his back and couldn't sit. Standing at shows changed his perspective
Naveen Kumar is used to getting the best seats in the house. But when the Washington Post theatre critic hurt his back, sitting for long periods of time became unbearable. So, for several months, he found himself taking in shows from a whole new vantage point.
These artists are making free paintings and sketches of people's homes lost in the L.A. fires
A Los Angeles woman is painting watercolour images for people — free of charge — of their homes that were destroyed in the recent fires. And she's not alone.
Trump's refugee ban is impacting Afghans who risked their lives to help the United States
Thousands of Afghans who stood up to the Taliban or have ties to the U.S. are stuck in limbo thanks to President Donald Trump's executive order suspending the relocation of refugees to the United States — including some who already had their security clearances approved and their flights booked.
Woman who ran barefoot over 100 metres of Lego says it felt like a bad massage
Sprinting barefoot across 100 metres of Lego blocks feels kind of like getting the world’s worst foot massage, says Gabrielle Wall.
In this Iron Age society, husbands moved in with their wives' families, not other way around
Geneticist Lara Cassidy wasn’t surprised to find several generations of the same family buried in an Iron Age cemetery near Dorset, England. But she was quite surprised to find most of them were related along a single matrilineal line.
U.K. restaurant selling $177 pineapple pizza says that's the price for 'terrible judgment'
People who prefer their pizza peppered with pineapples will have to pay a pretty penny for the pleasure at a pizzeria in Norwich, England.
Dozens of bodies retrieved from South Africa mine after months-long police standoff
First responders pulled dozens of bodies and hundreds of emaciated survivors from an abandoned gold mine this week, bringing a grisly end to a months-long standoff with illegal miners and their families.
Minister Ahmed Hussen optimistic about Syria's future after trip to border
While the world waits to see how Syria's new leadership will govern the war-torn country, Canadian International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says there's "absolutely no question" they are a step up from the Bashar al-Assad regime.
Does your cacio e pepe turn out lumpy? Try this 'scientifically optimized' pasta recipe
Physicist Ivan Di Terlizzi wasn't having much luck perfecting cacio e pepe in the kitchen, so he instead decided to perfect it in a lab.