It was a grisly scene when police arrived at a Minneapolis apartment complex on June 13, 1993, to investigate the murder of 35-year-old Jeanie Childs. Her body was found partially under her bed, her bedroom was in disarray, and there was blood spatter across the walls and floor. Childs had been stabbed more than 60 […]
Man who spent 38 years in prison for bartender’s 1987 murder has conviction overturned: “I am not angry”
A man who spent nearly four decades in a British prison in the killing of a bartender said he was not angry or bitter Tuesday as his murder conviction was overturned because of newly available DNA evidence. Peter Sullivan put his hand over his mouth and appeared to become emotional as the Court of Appeal […]
The dire wolf, which went extinct 12,500 years ago, revived by biotech company
For the first time ever, scientists say they have made a species de-extinct, bringing the dire wolf back into the world thousands of years after it died off. Colossal Biosciences, a company based in Dallas, says it successfully birthed three dire wolves — a species that once roamed North America but has been extinct for […]
Ancient jawbone found in sea belongs to mysterious human ancestors, scientists say
An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and our own species, Homo sapiens. “Denisovan fossils are very scarce,” with only a few confirmed finds in East […]