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Colossal Biosciences today announced their plans to bring back the tallest bird that ever lived, which has been extinct for nearly 600 years. The giant moa — a husky, wingless bird that could stand almost 12 feet tall — once booked it across New Zealand’s landscapes on legs that looked …

At least 100 people have died, including more than two dozen campers and counselors from an all-girls Christian summer camp, in the floods that devastated central Texas over the July Fourth weekend. The deluge that ripped through the Texas Hill Country is already considered one of the deadliest floods in …

As the death toll rises in the aftermath of devastating flash floods that have ravaged areas of central Texas, celebrities are taking to social media to share relief resources and express sympathies for the impacted communities. “Dear San Antonio, our hearts and prayers are with those affected by the flood …

As the death toll continues to rise following devastating floods throughout central Texas, lawmakers, affected communities, and families have put out the call for assistance to help the survivors and families of victims in their recovery. The record-breaking flash floods have destroyed homes, businesses, and crippled local infrastructure. At least …

It was a story right out of a particularly dark fairy tale: a woman serves her in-laws an enticing lunch, only for them to die not long after — felled by poisonous mushrooms. On Monday, 50-year-old Erin Patterson was found guilty in Australian court of three counts of murder and …

The long, strange saga of viral memes distorting the appearance of J.D. Vance continues — and this time, it’s literally taking off. That’s because New York-based tech innovator James Steinberg, whose many fanciful projects include a detective agency for mundane mysteries and a crowdsourced New York City map of “public …

Matt Pegas neatly arranges stacks of books atop the red tablecloth at the reception table in the front yard of the house party. Surrounding the books is a tableau of candles, rose petals, a tarot deck, and packets of wildflower seeds, which guests are encouraged to take home and plant. …

The authors are staff writers at The Harvard Lampoon, the school’s 150-year-old humor magazine. As college students on the cusp of graduation, we face an uncertain future. We’ve spent the last few years sleeping in class, cheating on homework assignments in our dreams, and discussing the nuances of the Israeli-Palestinian …

The classic hot dog brand Nathan’s Famous has sponsored a Fourth of July hot dog eating contest since 1979, and, in recent years, the same two champions — Joey Chestnut andMiki Sudo — have taken the title over and over again and set records along the way. In the field …

The Guyanese site of the Jonestown massacre, where over 900 people either died by mass suicide or murder in connection with the Jim Jones-led cult in 1978, has opened for tourism. After decades of abandonment, a private tourism company in the South American country of Guyana announced plans to host …