Great tits in the United Kingdom have evolved to have longer beaks than their counterparts in the Netherlands, a study found. (Dennis van de Water) A little bird common in the United Kingdom is identical in almost every way to its counterparts across the North Sea in the Netherlands: black and yellow … Continue reading
By Colby Itkowitz, WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Anastasia Kurteeva worries about a new Cold War. She’s afraid that escalating tensions between the United States and Russia will make it harder for people to travel freely between the countries, harder for her parents in Moscow to visit. The U.S. government’s decision … Continue reading
Dom McKenzie for The Washington Post Andrew Skelnik grew up in what he calls a “strong blue-collar background” in Chicago. His father was an electrician, his uncle was a carpenter and his first job out of high school was in the mailroom of a printing plant, where he worked his … Continue reading
The former Mars Hill Church, then led by Mark Driscoll, held its Easter service at Qwest Field in Seattle in 2011. (Greg Gilbert/ Seattle Times/AP) Mark Driscoll, the former pastor of the now-defunct Seattle megachurch Mars Hill, became famous for his evangelical brand of toxic masculinity, once characterizing wives as … Continue reading
The boom-or-bust Texas oil fields are once again producing fuel – and wealth MIDLAND, TEXAS – In the dusty heart of West Texas, rows of tall white wind turbines and rust-colored working pump jacks bob up and down along the vast rugged landscape. It’s a visual juggernaut but make no … Continue reading
October 20, 2017 Mike McPhate CALIFORNIA TODAY Good morning. (Want to get California Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Astronomers have preached the virtues of dark skies for years. Modern cities, they say, use way more artificial light in the evenings than necessary, much of it emanating into the sky … Continue reading
Mysterious stone structures that archaeologists call “gates,” due to their loose resemblance to old-fashioned field gates, have been discovered in Saudi Arabia. (Google Earth) Almost 400 mysterious stone structures dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Saudi Arabia, with a few of these wall-like formations draping across old … Continue reading
The picturesque Northern California wine country of Napa, Sonoma, Solano, Lake and Mendocino counties are currently under threat from the wildfires scorching the region. As of Thursday, Oct. 19, wildfires have burned over 245,000 acres across California, are responsible for at least 42 fatalities and have destroyed more than 6,900 … Continue reading
About US is a new initiative by The Washington Post to cover issues of identity in the United States. Look for the About US newsletter launching this fall. With revelations that Russian operatives purchased thousands of Facebook ads that exploited social divides in the United States during the 2016 presidential … Continue reading
President Donald Trump resorted to name-calling in a tweet late Thursday, blasting a congresswoman as “wacky” for criticizing his condolence call to the widow of a Florida soldier slain in Niger. Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.) “secretly” listened to a “very personal call,” Trump wrote in his tweet, and repeated his claim that she lied … Continue reading