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This illustration shows a female lagonomegopid spider guarding her egg sac in a Cretaceous forest.

Ancient spider caring for her offspring is trapped in 99 million-year-old amber

By Ashley Strickland, CNN Nothing gets between a fiercely protective mother spider and her children. Dripping tree resin trapped adult female spiders and baby spiderlings about 99 million years ago, forever showcasing the maternal care exhibited by these arthropods, according to new research. The Lagonomegopidae family of spiders is now extinct, but spiders have a

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Tangy Sourdough Bread

By Eric Pallant, CNN Eric Pallant, a serious amateur baker and author of “Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making From Ancient to Modern Bakers,” usually keeps about 1 cup of sourdough starter, stored in a mason jar, in the fridge. To make your own starter, try Pallant’s sourdough bread starter recipe. Makes 1 sourdough

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Making your own sourdough starter takes practice and patience.

Starting a Sourdough Starter

By Eric Pallant, CNN To make your own sourdough starter, you need only repeat what ancient bakers discovered entirely by accident. The precise measurements are not essential. You are reproducing a technique that is 6,000 years old. Because microbial populations increase rapidly, demanding more and more food to stay alive, most modern descriptions for starting

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Alligator suspected of killing a man in Hurricane Ida floodwaters found with what appears to be human remains in its stomach.

Alligator suspected of killing man in Hurricane Ida floodwaters found with what appears to be human remains in its stomach

By Amanda Watts, CNN A 504-pound alligator was captured in the area where a St. Tammany Parish man was last seen after he walked in floodwaters following Hurricane Ida, the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office said. The man, identified as Timothy Satterlee Sr., was last seen on August 30, CNN previously reported. His wife told

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Kristen Clarke

Justice Department announces investigation into Georgia prisons

By Christina Carrega, CNN The US Justice Department on Tuesday announced a statewide investigation into prisons in Georgia, focusing on prisoner-on-prisoner violence and sexual abuse of gay, lesbian and transgender prisoners by prisoners and staff. Kristen Clarke, who leads the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, said the investigation will look into possible civil rights violations. Clarke

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