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Chunk of North America is part of Australia
1-23-2018 |
16
Scientists have identified an area of Australia that broke away from North America 1.7 billion years ago.
New group of ancient Native Americans found
1-3-2018 | 11
Known as the ancient Beringians, this new group split from the founding population 20,000 years ago.
Did Easter Islanders sail to South America ?
10-13-2017 | 21
A new study has cast doubt on the idea that the island's inhabitants had contact with Native Americans.
Pence: 'we will return astronauts to the Moon'
10-6-2017 | 24
US Vice-President Mike Pence has reiterated America's intentions to send humans back to the lunar surface.
Did first Americans arrive 130,000 years ago?
4-27-2017 | 72
A new discovery has indicated that the first humans arrived in the Americas much earlier than thought.
Ancient Americans set up 'feather factories'
4-15-2017 | 2
Ancient Native Americans valued macaw feathers so highly that they went to great lengths to farm them.
World's first fluorescent frog discovered
3-14-2017 | 3
Scientists have found that the South American polka-dot tree frog possesses a rather unique complexion.
Bolivia is under siege by a plague of locusts
VIDEO 2-13-2017 | 0
The South American country has declared a state of emergency following a mass influx of the insects.
Smog is more toxic in Europe than in China
2-10-2017 | 11
Air pollution in Europe and North America may be 27 times more toxic than the smog over Chinese cities.
Legendary astronaut John Glenn dies aged 95
12-9-2016 | 16
Glenn became a national hero back in 1962 when he became the first American ever to orbit the Earth.
New study exonerates HIV/AIDS 'patient zero'
10-27-2016 | 3
The man thought to be responsible for bringing the virus to North America was actually totally innocent.
Ghost ship illusion appears on Lake Superior
VIDEO 10-12-2016 | 23
An intriguing optical illusion has been caught on camera from the shores of North America's largest lake.
Woman arrested over Hawking death threats
7-2-2016 | 13
An American woman has been arrested for sending a series of death threats to the world-famous physicist.
Humans lived in America earlier than thought
5-16-2016 | 25
New evidence has pushed the arrival of the first humans in the Americas back more than 1,500 years.
New gloves are able to convert sign language
VIDEO 4-24-2016 | 11
Two sophomore students have invented gloves that can turn American Sign Language in to spoken words.
1,000-year-old Viking site found in Canada
4-4-2016 | 96
Archaeologists have unearthed what is only the second known Viking site ever discovered in North America.
Scottish 'Forrest Gump' runs over 18,000km
12-31-2015 | 5
Jamie Ramsay has spent 17 months running from North to South America to raise money for charity.
Roman sword allegedly found off Oak Island
12-17-2015 | 83
A remarkable new find has suggested that the Romans may have visited North America 2,000 years ago.
Caffeinated toothpaste released in the US
12-1-2015 | 22
An American entrepreneur has come up with a new way of giving people a boost first thing in the morning.
North America home to millions of 'coywolves'
VIDEO 11-2-2015 | 42
A new wolf-coyote hybrid species is starting to take over and could already number in the millions.
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