The “unique” piece of rock art was found in the Markazi Province during a survey of petroglyphs in the area over 2017 and 2018. After researchers noticed the unusual carving, they enlisted the help of an archaeologist to describe it. Findings are published in the Journal of Orthoptera Research. While petroglyphs often depict larger animals, those representing a six-legged creature that appeared to be an invertebrate are not. The carving appears to have a triangular head, large eyes and the arms of a preying mantis....

Sperm whales have large, fatty nasal organs, which they use to produce sounds like calls and sonar signals for echolocation. The authors of this paper report that they have analyzed the bite marks on several fossilized sperm whale skulls from the Miocene era, aged between 6 and 6 million years old, from the Pisco formation in Peru. Bite marks consistent with the jaws of ancient shark species were found on the regions of the sperm whale skulls adjacent to these fatty nasal organs, mostly on the upper jaw bones, and the region around the eye....

Must-Flee TV ‘Survivor’ is 60 minutes of idiots whittling a stick: Not a cultural nadir, just bad television. ‘The show is a rediculous bore … You could have a better adventure walking your dog.’ (Wash. Post) Reeg-ection! CBS pulls in 15.5 million viewers, wins the 18- to 34-year-old crop for the first time since the Crusades. ‘Survivor’ made ‘Millionaire’ ’look weak for the first time in its remarkable run.’ (Inside....

In every way but financially, it may have been a break for Wallace that 1996’s big fiction awards went to more modest, mainstream talents. It didn’t dent the critical reputation of the outrageously ambitious, 1,079-page novel “Infinite Jest,” and he got to keep his outsider cachet. “A Supposedly Fun Thing” is a comparable outrage to mainstream journalism. “I’m fresh in from the East Coast to go to the Illinois State Fair for a swanky East-Coast magazine....

Many edible plant products, such as French beans, soybeans and pomegranates, contain “phytoestrogens” that might combat ‘cancer, suggests Kenneth Setchell of the Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Washington. In his lab, rodents that are fed soy protein develop fewer tumors than those on a soy-free diet. This might help explain why women in Japan have low rates of breast cancer when they eat tofu, soy sauce and miso-all rich sources of good estrogen-but have “American” rates when they move to the United States and adopt a Western diet....

But behind an affable nature and a winning smile, Anderson held a secret — he had been abandoned by his parents as early as age 11 and spent chunks of his youth living on the streets. At the tail end of his career, he set out to find the mother and father who walked away from him two decades earlier, part of a journey he details in his book, “Stamina....

Drummond was shocked — shocked — and dismayed at being sent to a division rival shortly before 3 p.m. ET. The center sent this tweet to let everyone know how upset he was: A few thoughts here: It may be that the about-to-rebuild Pistons didn’t tell him the already-rebuilding Cavs were looking to acquire him and then gamble on him opting into the final year of his contract (at $28....

“I actually don’t watch ‘Game of Thrones,’” he said on The Ringer’s NFL podcast. MORE: Game of Thrones vs. Walking Dead | Love cuts interview to watch show OK, that’d be understandable. There are plenty of people who don’t watch the show. But the reasoning for Luck’s reluctance to tune in to the Westeros- and Essos-based television program? “Of course I read the books,” Luck continued. “I have seen a couple of episodes (and) they’re fantastic, but I understand that the shows are sort of past the books now, so I’m really trying to stay away from anybody talking about the shows....

MORE: Colts’ biggest draft regret will make you sick When asked what his priority for Luck is this upcoming season, Pagano’s answer was simple. “Get him healthy, keep him healthy, keep him protected, keep him upright,” Pagano said on NFL Network, via ProFootball Talk. “He plays the position like a linebacker, with a linebacker’s mentality. He can’t do that all the time. We love how he can extend plays, but he’s got to be smart and know it’s OK to slide....

Andrew Luck announced Saturday that he is retiring from the NFL following the Colts’ 27-17 preseason loss to the Bears, so just about everything is going to be different in 2019. OK, that’s a bit of a hyperbolic statement, but what is true is Luck’s retirement does have a ripple effect on the NFL in 2019. So what are those effects? We have five for you. Five effects of Andrew Luck’s retirement on the NFL in 2019 Jacoby Brissett gets a shot at being a franchise quarterback Is Brissett a franchise quarterback?...

But while some may view Wayne as a turncoat, Colts quarterback Andrew Luck supports his former teammate. Luck, who completed 208 passes to Wayne over the last three seasons, said Tuesday on the Rich Eisen Show that Wayne “is no traitor to me at all.” MORE: Manning-Brady one of NFL’s greatest rivalries | No settlement for Brady yet in Deflategate “There’s a lot of things said and written about a lot of people,” Luck said....

Since the one-game format was introduced to baseball in 2012, Pittsburgh has lost it twice. McCutchen, like many others, feels it’s a poor way to end such a long season. MORE: Nine players who could be breakout stars in 2016 | Scenes from spring training “Baseball’s built for a series more than a one-game [wild-card],” McCutchen said Monday, via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “You don’t ever see anywhere in the game of baseball where 30 teams play a team one time....

Last week, Cleveland reportedly reached an agreement in principle to send Wiggins, Anthony Bennett and a first-round pick to Minnesota for All-Star forward Kevin Love, who will join LeBron James and Kyrie Irving to form a new “Big 3” with the Cavaliers. MORE: Self: Wiggins wants trade | Wiggins traded to Wolves | Wiggins never talked to LeBron That deal, which cannot be officially completed until Aug. 23, when Wiggins becomes eligible to be traded, would leave the rookie swingman playing for a rebuilding squad in the Western Conference, rather than alongside LeBron on a presumed title contender in Cleveland....

On Tuesday, 10 presidential candidates took the stage for the second round of CNN’s Democratic presidential debate. Last night, a different group of candidates were on stage, but tackled many of the same issues as the night before, including immigration and education. Representative Tulsi Gabbard and former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro both touched on the cost of college. However, the topic of higher education was far less prevalent during the second night of CNN’s debates than it was on Tuesday....

“I think the wealth tax is an idea, in spirit, that makes sense, given the wealth distribution. But in practice it would have massive implementation problems,” Yang said during a Tuesday interview with CNBC’s John Harwood. Fellow 2020 Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have each released their own tax plans that include taxing the richest people in the country. Warren was the first candidate to introduce a proposed wealth tax in January....

Yang, who also ran as a Democratic candidate for New York City mayor in 2021, announced he was leaving the Democratic party in October. “It feels like Democrats owe their people an apology for being bad at their jobs,” Yang tweeted on Friday, adding that they “had a long time to codify Roe v. Wade, defend a balanced court, get RBG [Ruth Bader Ginsburg] to step down, etc. Instead they got played and trounced....

MORE: Jon Jones responds to Gustafsson Stevenson (28-1, 23 KOs) escaped on that night, winning by unanimous decision. They’ll meet again Saturday night (Showtime, 9 p.m. ET) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Stevenson’s hometown. While respectful to Fonfara in the build-up to the fight, simply saying he’s ready for the bout. His main talking points have been centered on the June 17 light heavyweight title matchup between former champion Sergey Kovalev and unified champion Andre Ward....

Comedian Dick was arrested for felony assault with a deadly weapon in Los Angeles on Saturday, and released from custody on Tuesday after posting a $50,000 bond, according to Us Weekly. On the same day Dick, 55, was released, radio personality Jordana, 33, shared a host of allegations surrounding the arrest on her YouTube show, Kermit and Friends. In her video, Jordana alleged that Dick was arrested after attacking a man called “Lucas” with a metal chair, as she said: “He could have killed him....

The once embattled Ole Miss men’s basketball coach’s willingness to go into character in the Rebels’ latest promotional video is definitely an example of the former. In the spot, which parodies the popular DIRECTV ads, starring actor Rob Lowe, Kennedy plays himself, a successful Division 1 men’s basketball coach, as well as Randy Kennedy, the greatest city youth league coach of all time, according to him. The result is an uproarious 45 seconds that might make you plunk down the cash for season tickets to see Ole Miss next season if you were on the fence about it....

After Ruiz pulled off the shocking upset of Joshua in a seventh-round stoppage at Madison Square Garden on June 1, Ruiz said he wanted the match to be in the United States or his native Mexico. Joshua’s promoter at Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn would prefer for the bout to occur in Joshua’s backyard of the United Kingdom even though the 2012 Olympic gold medalist prefers to run it back at MSG....