As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly ...

Curiosity killed the cat, but in this case, curiosity leads to a snack for a pet seagull. A pet seagull demonstrated its problem-solving abilities when presented with a closed jug containing live ...

In the upcoming movie Whalefall, scuba diver Jay Gardiner finds himself in the path of a sperm whale that is chasing a giant squid. Accidentally tangled in a stray squid tentacle, Gardiner is pulled ...

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Venus may have once had a moon, but new research suggests the planet’s incredibly slow rotation could have doomed it. Computer simulations showed that instead of gradually drifting away like Earth’s ...

Sayaka Blickenderfer is a medical and science editor and writer with more than 10 years of experience. She edits and prepares scientific manuscripts and grant proposals for submission. Jane Kim, MD, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Local residents in Karnataka, India, were in for a surprise when a 12-foot python was found in a residential ...

Science News examined the question posed by the upcoming movie "Whalefall" — could a whale really swallow a person whole? The survival thriller based on the novel by Daniel Kraus will be released Oct.