A new DNA analysis of more than 400 types of lettuce reveals the food’s humble beginnings as a wild plant grown by ancient Egyptians to the common vegetable we know today. Researchers from Wageningen University & Research and the Chinese BGI found modern varieties of lettuce mostly resemble their weed-like predecessors grown only for their … Read more
What’s lurking in your fridge and at the back of your kitchen cupboards? A tin of tuna you’ve had for, gulp, years, or an old block of cheese, plus other sundries well beyond their best before dates? Your instinct is probably to throw them away and so add to the UK’s growing problem with food … Read more
Critics are increasingly out of touch with moviegoers as films fall into categories like ‘crowd pleasers’ and ‘critical darlings,’ according to a new analysis. So movies the critics liked – take 2019’s AdAstra that starred Brad Pitt as an astronaut – aren’t always fan favorites. While Venom, which fans loved, was panned by critics. Stephen Follows, … Read more
Critics are increasingly out of touch with moviegoers as films fall into categories like ‘crowd pleasers’ and ‘critical darlings,’ according to a new analysis. So movies the critics liked – take 2019’s AdAstra that starred Brad Pitt as an astronaut – aren’t always fan favorites. While Venom, which fans loved, was panned by critics. Stephen Follows, … Read more
Woolly mammoths roamed what is now New England 12,800 years ago and a new study suggests they shared the landscape with the first humans who arrived in the region some 10,500 years ago. A team from Dartmouth College used radiocarbon dating on a rib fragment from the Mount Holly mammoth uncovered in Vermont in 1848, … Read more
BUDGET 2021 LIVE: Follow our build-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech with analysis, reaction and verdicts as it happens Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver speech at 12.30pm Green bonds, stamp duty extension, income tax freeze – what could be in it? Follow the build-up, the speech and aftermath with our live blog By Lee Boyce … Read more
BUDGET 2021 LIVE: Follow our build-up to Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s speech with analysis, reaction and verdicts as it happens Chancellor Rishi Sunak to deliver speech at 12.30pm Green bonds, stamp duty extension, income tax freeze – what could be in it? Follow the build-up, the speech and aftermath with our live blog By Lee Boyce … Read more
Is Betelgeuse preparing to EXPLODE? New analysis finds the super-giant star is dimming and has entered helium-burning phase – the first stage of going supernova – but none of us will be alive to see it Betelgeuse is a bring star in the constellation of Orion that has been dimming A new study finds it is … Read more
Not every new animal is discovered in the jungle or rainforest: A new species of snake was discovered in a museum after being ignored by researchers for years. Levitonius mirus, also known as the Waray dwarf burrowing snake, is native to the Philippines. But specimens of the snake sent to the University of Kentucky were … Read more
The corn on your holiday table may have more in common with ancient wild varieties from South America than the domesticated version believed to have originated in southwestern Mexico. It’s long been assumed domesticated maize traveled south from Central America, but a new study suggests the trade actually went in both directions. DNA analysis of … Read more