New research published Wednesday in Science Advances suggests that early humans probably ate gigantic ox-sized sloths.

The research – a joint effort between researchers from the University of Arizona and the U.S. National Parks Service – drew on evidence from the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, where fossilized footprints provide data about creatures that roamed the area between 15,000 and 10,000 years ago.

The research team discovered over 250 giant sloth tracks, often accompanied by human footprints, suggesting that the humans were hunting them. Indeed, scientists have long believed that humans are part of the reason why they went extinct, and the newly discovered footprints give credence to that theory.

Taking down a single sloth would have been an achievement worth celebrating, since they provided about 600,000 calories.

A spokeswoman for House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) said the House Republican has signed on with with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to co-sponsor the Medical Cannabis Research Act, legislation that will simplify the process to research marijuana. The bill is set to be introduced any day, and a news conference will be held by its sponsors.

The announcement comes after Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) wrote to Attorney General Jeff Sessions imploring him to stop his ageny's efforts to impede medical marijuana research. It read:

“Research on marijuana is necessary for evidence-based decision making, and expanded research has been called for by President Trump’s Surgeon General, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the FDA, the CDC, the National Highway Safety Administration, the National Institute of Health, the National Cancer Institute, the National Academies of Sciences, and the National Institute on Drug Abuse,” 

George R. R. Martin, author of the popular A Song of Ice and Fire series, which itself is the basis for the Game of Thrones television series, recently announced that he won't publish the next installment of the series, The Winds of Winter, this year; having worked on the book as early as 2010, he previously gave fans an update over the book's progress in 2016.

In its stead, Martin announced on his blog that he will publish another book this year; entitled Fire and Blood, it will discuss the history of the Targaryens and place focus on the series' dragons. Said to be 989 pages long, it will also contain illustrations by Doug Wheatley.

Fire and Blood is expected for release on November 20, 2018.

According to a new bill drawn up by the Trump administration, hospitals may soon have to provide details of standard prices for patients online, as well as more detail on hidden costs that patients often don't expect to get. The change is expected to come into affect in 2019.

In addition, officials are putting pressure on hospitals to provide medical records to patients electronically or face a penalty. The new rules come as part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' latest effort to inform patients more often on their medical history so that they can make better choices.

The posted prices, however, may not reflect the actual price to pay, as insurers and hidden costs may increase the total cost of a procedure.

During oral arguments on Wednesday, the Supreme Court seemed to be in favor of allowing President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

The court’s four conservative justices and Justice Anthony Kennedy, the key swing vote, broadly saw the president’s move as lawful, though Kennedy did have reservations about the way in which Trump regularly targeted Muslims during his 2016 campaign. Conservatives were swayed by the fact that while the ban disproportionately affects Muslims, only about eight percent of the world’s Muslim population is impacted.

The ban – one of Trump's key campaign promises – restricts travel to the U.S. by citizens from several Muslim-majority countries that the Trump administration says are security threats.

Liberals on the court said the travel ban exceeded presidential power and argued that Trump’s tweets on the ban made it clear he harbored prejudice against Muslims. 

A final decision on the matter is expected this summer.

On social media, rapper Kanye West recently wrote positively of current United States president Donald Trump, saying that he had "dragon energy" and that considered him his "brother;" although he implied that he doesn't necessarily agree with Trump's political leanings, his opponents couldn't stop him from "[loving] him."

In a second post, he furthered that he also supported Hillary Clinton, adding that he didn't agree with Trump's politics, comparing it to a "50/50 split." In a third post, he claimed his wife, Kim Kardashian, asked him to make clear that he doesn't agree with Trump's politics, adding the only person he agrees with entirely is "himself."

The posts seemed to be a reference to radio host Ebro Darden, who recently said on Hot 97 radio in New York City, during his show "Ebro in the Morning," that he recalled a conversation in which West said that he loved Trump.

Billionaire Peter Thiel has abandoned his bid to buy the Gawker.com news website through a proposed settlement between Thiel Capital LLC and a liquidator for Gawker Media LLC.

Thiel previously made a bid for Gawker’s back in January, but it is believed that purchasing the website would cause legal issues concerning allegations of him secretly funding litigation that ended the website; he has also agreed to release claims against an eventual buyer and authors of articles on the website and promised to end further litigation against Gawker concerning its archives.

Thiel had reportedly funded Terry Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan, in his lawsuit against Gawker after it published a sexually-explicit video of him, with Bollea ultimately winning a $140 million judgment against Gawker back in 2016, causing the website to filed for bankruptcy three months later.

At this time, the settlement requires a judge's approval.

Over half of American surveyed in a recent Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday claimed that they felt President Donald Trump was making the world less safe.

Of the 1,193 registered voters, who were surveyed between April 20 and April 24, 55 percent said they agreed with the statement that Trump was making the world "less safe;" however, 37 percent of those polled agreed with the opposite statement.

Overall, whether or not Trump had a positive or negative impact changed depending on which specific countries Trump was handling. Only 36 percent approved of Trump's policies towards Russia and 42 percent approved of his policies towards China. However, nearly two-thirds of respondents approved of Trump's plans to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Polls were also divided in his policies toward Syria, with 44 percent of respondents in support and 46 percent in opposition.