Curiosity Corner: Which country lies on two continents?

Looking at a world map feels simple. Each country seems to sit neatly on one continent. But geography loves surprises. Some countries stretch across t.

Olympic skaters Zingas and Kolesnik lead US ice dance sweep at Four Continents

Olympic ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik have won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Beijing.

Ice dancer Allison Reed returns to Olympics after 16 years, skating for Lithuania

From being treated like "cattle" as a young girl to sleeping in her car off a Polish highway, Allison Reed has taken a long road to follow her Olympic dream.

The mysterious signal coming from beneath Antarctica’s ice: risky mission inside the restricted continent

Unusual radio waves were discovered below the surface of Antarctica over a decade ago, which follow-up studies are trying to explain.

Japan’s underwater crop circles mystery turns out to be a mating signal of this small fish

The seabed off southern Japan has long held shapes that look out of place. Divers near Amami Oshima Island began noticing ...
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New Discovery Pushes the History of Syphilis-like Diseases Back by 3,000 Years and Reveals a Never-before-seen Subspecies

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...