Science

It's about time, right? According London's Telegraph newspaper, woolly mammoths could be walking the Earth as soon as five years from now. Japanese scientists announced their intention this week to use cloning technology to bring back the ancient beast.

Scientists say they've discovered a black hole about 60 million light years away from Earth, and it's really, really big. The black hole, found in the M87 galaxy, is the size of more than 6 billion (with a b) of our suns. So, that's where all my miss-directed emails go...

What started with a bunch of fallen birds has escalated into an eerie string of animal deaths across the globe, with many people asking, "apocalypse now?" After the jump, a run-down of everything you need to know about "Birdpocalypse" thus far: