Climate change is creating valuable archaeological sites in the Alpine mountains by melting glaciers and revealing wonders that would have otherwise lay hidden in the ice. Teams recently uncovered a knotted string of plant fibers some 6,000 years old, an ancient wooden figurine, laced shoes with remains of a prehistoric man dating back to 2,800 … Read more
A set of leather balls have been discovered in ancient Chinese tombs that were used by horseback riding warriors about 3,000 years ago to stay fit and war ready. Researchers from the University of Zurich found the artifacts in three graves located at the prehistoric Yanghai cemetery near the city of Turfan. The balls are … Read more
Dramatic increase in opioid use in the UK as prescriptions for CODEINE jump five-fold in 10 years raising concerns of an addiction crisis Manchester experts studied opioid use among 2 million primary care patients They found use of less common drugs like tramadol and oxycodone is also rising One-in-seven first time opioid patients take the drugs … Read more
The remarkable prehistoric journey of a terrified mother and her toddler across a muddy riverbed frequented by ancient predators has been unearthed by scientists. Fossilised footprints show a small adult, most likely a woman but possibly a teenage male, trekking for almost a mile across the hunter hotbed 13,000 years ago. Analysis shows the adult … Read more
Italian office worker, 53, is jailed for four years after spiking her colleague’s cappuccino with a tranquilliser for NINE MONTHS in the hopes her drowsiness would get her sacked Mariangela Cerrato, 53, slipped Benzodiazepine into her colleague’s coffee She’d heard rumour of lay-offs at their office in Bra, Piedmont Her victim realised something was wrong … Read more
The Moon’s once powerful magnetic field helped shield Earth and its developing atmosphere from powerful solar storms 4 billion years ago, a new study claims. Researchers led by James Green, NASA’s chief scientist, created computer models simulating the protective impact the Moon once had over Earth. The combined magnetic fields of both the Moon and … Read more
Italian office worker, 53, is jailed for four years after spiking her colleague’s cappuccino with a tranquilliser for NINE MONTHS in the hopes her drowsiness would get her sacked Mariangela Cerrato, 53, slipped Benzodiazepine into her colleague’s coffee She’d heard rumour of lay-offs at their office in Bra, Piedmont Her victim realised something was wrong … Read more
Goldman Sachs clocks up best quarter in ten years thanks to pandemic trading frenzy By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 14 October 2020 Booming markets helped Goldman Sachs clock up its most profitable quarter in a decade. While the coronavirus crisis has plunged the … Read more
John Leslie today told jurors he was not an ‘aggressive sexual monster’ – and claimed he spent most of a party where he is alleged to have groped a woman instead talking to late Big Brother star Jade Goody. Leslie, 55, who appeared at Southwark Crown Court under his birth name of John Stott, said … Read more
A partygoer says allegations that John Leslie groped a woman are not ‘entirely surprising’ because ‘if someone at a party squeezed your bottom, it is more than likely to be him’, a court was told today. The ex-Blue Peter presenter is accused of grabbing a woman’s breasts at a Christmas bash in London’s West End … Read more