Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Video taken as part of a research study in Europe shows a cow using a broom to scratch its own back, and it's the first documented ...

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Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency will ...

SINGAPORE - Front-line police officers may soon get a cooling vest that redistributes weight from their utility belts and reduces back strain. The new load-bearing vest (LBV) being developed by the ...

Scientists went deep to discover the cause of low back pain in runners, exploring the role of deep core muscles in back support. Why Congress can't claw back war powers from Trump Florida husband and ...

Around ten years ago, an organic farmer and baker in a small Austrian town noticed that his pet cow would use sticks to scratch herself. The cow, named Veronika, also appeared to refine her technique ...

After two weeks of escalating threats toward Europe, President Donald Trump blinked on Wednesday, backing away from the unthinkable brink of a potential war against a NATO ally during a speech at the ...

The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right. By Dan Barry and Sonia A. Rao Late last month, a woman ...

A recent study that shows how cows can use tools recalls the controversial 1982 cartoon from "The Far Side" comic strip called "Cow Tools." In case you haven't heard, cows are using tools now. Well, ...

The ethics of using animals in scientific research have been a topic of debate for decades, and in 2024 alone, over 2.6 million experiments took place on animals in the UK. You only need to look at ...

US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to take control of Greenland, saying there is "no going back". Asked at a news conference how far he was willing to go to acquire the ...

A clever cow called Veronika is the first ever to be recorded using tools – including a brush to scratch her back. The old Swiss Brown cow has astonished scientists in Austria with her ability to use ...