Share on PinterestNew research suggests that deforestation increases animal-to-human disease transmission.A new study published in the journal Landscape Ecology has identified some factors that bring humans and nonhuman primates into contact.The researchers point out that the continued destruction of forest habitats, for agricultural use or human habitation, would cause this contact to become more frequent,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…