Initial studies of data from Israel’s vaccination drive suggest that the first dose of the Pfizer jab curbs coronavirus infections by up to 50 percent after 14 days. The news offers a ray of hope to the rest of the world as initial studies point to the vaccine not only stopping symptoms, but cutting the … Read more
Scientists have determined the swarms of thousands of millipedes that infest parts of Japan aren’t random. The arthropods, which gather in clusters so large they can delay train traffic, are on a unique eight-year life cycle. This makes the ‘train millipedes’ the only other periodical animal besides cicadas, and the only non-insect. Researchers uncovered the … Read more
How to tell if someone is lying to you: Watch to see if they mimic your actions Researchers used motion capture technology to monitor volunteer movements They had people tell the truth and increasingly complicated lies to interviewers As the lies became more complex the liars began to mimic interviewer motions This suggests that we … Read more
The ultimate ‘tell’: Liars start to mimic the actions of their interviewers when spinning a huge whopper, study finds Researchers used motion capture technology to monitor volunteer movements They had people tell the truth and increasingly complicated lies to interviewers As the lies became more complex the liars began to mimic interviewer motions This suggests … Read more
European countries that had stricter mitigation measures against COVID-19 likely saved thousands of lives, a new study finds. Nations such as Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina had closed schools and offices, limited gatherings and implemented stay-at-home orders before cases began rapidly spreading across the continent, the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed … Read more
Amateur archaeologist finds 900-year-old arrowhead washed up by the Thames that could have been fired from the Tower of London under the reign of Richard I Monika Buttling-Smith, 33, found rare longbow arrowhead by Tower of London The 2in by 5in point was preserved by mud in the River Thames for 900 years Arrowhead may have … Read more
A new study rivals the decades-long theory that ‘dark matter,’ which is said to exert a gravitational force that causes a strange behavior of stars within galaxies. Dark matter is a name given by scientists to an unknown mass that only interacts with regular matter through gravity and does not emit, absorb or reflect light. … Read more
Early humans living two million years ago already had the skills and tools they needed in order to cope with the effects of climate change, study shows. Archaeologists from the Max Planck Institute studied changes to the environment and habitats of early hominins at the Oldupai Gorge heritage site in Tanzania. Also known as the … Read more
Mothers are more likely to be asked for financial advice from their offspring than fathers, survey reveals About one in 12 people would seek money tips from their mum but only one in 14 would turn to their dad, according to a new survey by Hargreaves Lansdown Yorkshire and the Humber residents are most likely to … Read more
Mothers are more likely to be asked for financial advice from their offspring than fathers, survey reveals About one in 12 people would seek money tips from their mum but only one in 14 would turn to their dad, according to a new survey by Hargreaves Lansdown Yorkshire and the Humber residents are most likely to … Read more