Новости за 11.03.2020

On a giant alien planet located 640 light-years away, scientists suspect it regularly rains iron.

When the heart beats, it causes the human brain to jiggle. According to a new study, the phenomenon has helped scientists classify different types of neurons.

A Michigan woman said having $6 change from her purchase of lottery tickets led her to buy another ticket, which earned her a prize of $25,000 a year for life.

Astronomers have spotted a rare eclipsing binary brown dwarf system using the "first light" observations of a new array of telescopes in Chile.

Police in Australia shared a video of an officer wading out into the water at a beach to rescue a confused wallaby that couldn't find its way back to shore.

Wildlife officials in Nevada said a man broke a state record when he reeled in a carp that tipped the scales at 35 pounds, 3 ounces.

Police in Florida are asking for the public's help tracking down a cow that has evaded capture since January "due to its surprising speed and amazing fence jumping skills."

A British amusement arcade owner replaced the toys inside his business' claw machines with toilet paper rolls amid shortages of the product.

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett said this week that better transparency may be the key to overcoming skepticism about the newly created Space Force.

A pair of dessert-loving Ontario siblings may have set a Guinness World Record when they cooked up a 530-pound Nanaimo bar.

Declines in the nutritious qualities of prairie grass have led to declines in the number of grasshoppers, according to a new study.

Trains were forced to slow down in a British town when an escaped horse wandered out onto the tracks after nightfall.

Newly updated evidence from the Cochrane Library shows participants in Alcoholics Anonymous and 12-Step programs have higher rates of abstinence than those treated with cognitive behavioral therapy.

In an analysis of more than one million patients, researchers report that obese adults who meet the criteria for bariatric surgery, but don't undergo it, are 34 percent more likely to be diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

A Virginia woman is seeking Guinness World Records recognition for her collection of 1,456 pieces of beaver memorabilia.

Wildlife officials in Wisconsin said wardens were called to a lake to rescue a skunk spotted wandering aimlessly with a soup can stuck over its head.

Wild baboon mothers carry dead infants for up to ten days, according to a new study. The research promises to illuminate the different ways animals deal with death.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is investigating a deadly listeria outbreak linked to mushrooms imported from South Korea that has killed at least four people and hospitalized 30 others.

L3 Harris Technologies was awarded a $383.2 million Navy contract for the purchase of radio systems for the Marine Corps, according to the Department of Defense.

Sikorsky was awarded a $525.4 million contract modification for work on 40 UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters, according to the Pentagon.

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said Tuesday the company is "gunning" for a May launch of astronauts from Florida.

U.S. and Canadian forces worked together to intercept two Russian reconnaissance aircraft off the coast of Alaska on Monday, according to North America Aerospace Defense Command and the Royal Canadian Air Force.

A Maryland man who won a $50,000 jackpot from a scratch-off lottery ticket said the windfall is his second big prize in about a year.