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Sotheby's to Auction Rare First Printing of US Constitution
An extremely rare official first-edition printed copy of the US Constitution will be put up for bid by Sotheby's in mid-November, the auction house said on Friday. Announcing the upcoming sale of the document on the 234th anniversary of its signing by delegates to the Constitutional Convention, S
US Firefighters Optimistic over World's Biggest Tree
Firefighters battling to protect the world's biggest tree from wildfires ravaging the parched United States said Friday they are optimistic it can be saved. Flames are creeping closer to the majestic General Sherman and other giant sequoias, as man-made climate change worsens California's fearsom
Japan Message in a Bottle Washes up in Hawaii ... 37 Years Later
A message in a bottle released 37 years ago by Japanese high school students has been found -- around 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) away in Hawaii. Members of a natural science club at Choshi High School in Chiba, east of Tokyo, released 750 bottles into the sea between 1984 and 1985 to investig
US Startup Aims to Transform Pet Food with Lab-Made Chow
Cloudy liquid bubbling in glass tubes is key to a US startup's hopes of remaking the pet food industry by growing nutritional chow in a lab. Most pet food includes animal protein, which requires the slaughter of animals and is ultimately a source of planet-warming gases. Rich Kelleman's Colora
Antarctica's Ice Uncovers 150-Year-old Environmental Secret
Can people know what the environment witnessed 150 years ago?
Digital Doggies: Pet Influencers On the Rise In Singapore
Two fluffy white terriers wearing neckerchiefs pant quietly as their owner waves a treat and snaps a photo for the dogs' tens of thousands of Instagram followers. They are among a growing number of pet influencers on social media in Singapore, a trend fueled by a rise in online shopping and pet o
