Australian mammals and marsupials including wombats ‘glow in the dark’ under ultraviolet light, according to a team of scientists. After a US study in October found that platypuses are biofluorescent, researchers from Western Australian Museum borrowed a UV light to verify the claim. Not only were they able to confirm the findings of the earlier … Read more
Australian mammals and marsupials including wombats and platypus ‘glow in the dark’ under ultraviolet light, according to a team of scientists. Western Australian Museum researchers borrowed a UV light to shine on different creatures in response to an earlier US study that found platypus are biofluorescent. Not only were they able to confirm the findings that platypus … Read more
Wall-to-wall booze! Couple discover 66 bottles of $1,000 Prohibition-era whiskey called ‘Old Smuggler’ hidden in walls and floorboards of their Upstate NY home that was once owned by a German baron bootlegger Nick Drummond and Patrick Bakker purchased a 1915 fixer-upper in the town of Ames late last year The pair began renovating the residence … Read more
Mexico authorities discover 113 bodies – including 30 that have been identified – and additional human remains in secret mass grave Jalisco State Attorney General Gerardo Solís announced 113 bodies were discovered inside a mass grave Investigators also dug out human remains from the grave site in the municipality of El Salto Solis said forensic workers … Read more
Government workers had a close encounter of the strange kind out in the Utah desert. A crew with the state wildlife resources department was aboard a Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter when they spotted a mysterious monolith sticking out of the dirt last week. About 10 to 12 feet tall, the shiny metal object … Read more
Legends abound on Corfu, where tall tales of Achilles, Odysseus and Poseidon are told at every turn. But the island’s actual history runs deep, and winter is a wonderful time to discover it. Soak it up amid the elegance of Corfu Town on the east coast, a Unesco World Heritage Site which dates from the 8th Century … Read more
Hundreds of men may be living with a potentially deadly condition just discovered by National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists. The new disease, dubbed VEXAS, causes recurring blood clots, fevers, inflammation and lung damage – in men, specifically. NIH researchers began seeing a trickle of men with the strange network of symptoms (which, oddly, but … Read more
News in Brie! Scientists discover cheese is so smelly because it helps microbes ‘talk’ to the bacteria that makes it ripe Researchers at Tufts University in US have found why the smell of cheese is vital They discovered the bacteria respond to volatile organic compounds from fungi Released into the air and gives the delicious … Read more
A woman who thought she was suffering from severe period pain was left stunned when doctors told her she was in labour – with a baby that was a week overdue. Holly Henton, 23, from Market Harborough, Leicestershire, had been having regular menstrual cycles when she started experiencing stronger than usual cramps while closing up the … Read more
Exclusive for Mail on Sunday readers: Discover Venice on a luxury Italian river cruise with culinary legend Prue Leith By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 09:39 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 09:39 BST, 19 October 2020 Everyone should experience Venice, the romantic ‘City of Water’, at least once during their lifetime, and on this … Read more