Small amounts of Neanderthal DNA discovered in the dust of Spanish and Russian caves could give researchers new insight into how our early ancestors lived. The 100,000-year-old discoveries were made in three different spots: the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range … Read more
Small amounts of Neanderthal DNA discovered in the dust of Spanish and Russian caves could give researchers new insight into how our early ancestors lived. The 100,000-year-old discoveries were made in three different spots: the Galeria de las Estatuas cave site in Burgos, Spain and the Chagyrskaya and Denisova caves in the Altai Mountain range … Read more
Fallout from nuclear bomb testing during the Cold War has been found in honey produced along the US East Cost, a new study reveals. A team at William & Mary University discovered cesium-137, a byproduct of nuclear fission involving the reaction of uranium and plutonium, in more than half of 122 samples taken from Main … Read more
Honey, milk, eggs and cereals may have all formed part of the medieval childbirth ritual, according to a new study that found traces of the produce in a birthing girdle. In medieval England birth girdles were worn by pregnant women as an amulet against the high risks of childbirth and they were made from parchment … Read more
Forget unpleasant swabs: New Covid-19 test analyses your SCREAMS for traces of the virus Dutch inventor Peter van Wees has developed a booth for Covid tests It is airlocked and people go in and shout or scream at their loudest Particles from exhaled air are then analysed based on size to detect Covid The test … Read more
Scientists have revealed they have found ‘no traces’ of the coronavirus on London Underground after taking air samples and swabbing station and train surfaces. Imperial College London staff have been carrying out the tests on the Tube network and London buses once a month. ‘Reassuringly’ they have found no traces of the virus or any … Read more
Viewers of BBC One’s Traces were left unimpressed by the first episode of the new crime drama – branding its storyline ‘baffling’ and blasting the ‘poor continuity’. The six-part series follows Emma Hedges, played by Three Girls star Molly Windsor, who moves back to Dundee to start her new job as a lab technician – the city … Read more
Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more
Discovery of pulsars British astronomer Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell was the first person to discover a pulsar in 1967 when she spotted a radio pulsar. Since then other types of pulsars that emit x-rays and gamma rays have also been spotted. Pulsars are essentially rotating, highly magnatised neutron stars but when they were first discovered … Read more
Scientists have sequenced the genome of a coronavirus strain that likely infected President Trump and dozens of his advisers and others with whom he came into contact. It comes after the White House deemed the source of President Trump’s infection ‘unknowable,’ and refused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) offer to assist in … Read more