By: Russ Bynum, Associated Press
VIDALIA (AP).- They’ve started fistfights and court battles, been romanticized in country songs and counterfeited by bootleggers. Their trademark sweetness has made them a coveted ingredient in recipes from salads and …
Genetic Tests by Department of Agriculture Show Fire Ants in Asia Came from the United States
WASHINGTON (AP).- Even as the United States battles the spread of fire ants within its borders, this country is serving as the jumping-off point for the pest to invade other nations. The aggressive, stinging ants arrived from South America and got a f…
London’s Natural History Museum: Earliest Human Skull-Cups Made in the UK
LONDON.- One of the human skull-cups made by ice age Britons 14,700 years ago unearthed from Gough’s Cave. The process required great skill and knowledge of anatomy. The 3 cups are made out of 14,700-year-old human skulls and were found in Gough’s…
Picasso Show at Kunsthaus Zürich has Already Received 100,000 Visitors Since Opening in October
ZURICH.- The homage to Picasso’s first museum show at the Kunsthaus Zürich in 1932 is a hit with the public, receiving over 100,000 visitors since it opened on 15 October. Organized by Tobia Bezzola and on show in Zurich until 30 January 2011, th…
The Field Museum Announces Exhibition of the Machines that Helped Create the Modern World
CHICAGO, IL.- A powerful thoroughbred, its mane flying, crosses the finish line in triumph at the Kentucky Derby. A young rodeo rider grabs his saddle horn and holds on tight as a bronco bucks and lurches beneath him. Heavily built draft horses strain …