Do you have a hooter to rival Pinocchio’s? If so, you may be able to blame a newly-discovered gene that we share with mice which affects the pointiness of our noses. Experts from the UK and France analysed the genomes and face shapes of 6,000 people from Latin America, finding 32 gene regions that influence facial … Read more
Fear over health risks of plastic in seafood grows as new tests show we could be eating thousands of fragments a year… with scallops, mussels and oysters among most polluted Study reveals oysters, mussels and scallops are among the most polluted items Mussels were found to contain an average of 0.7 tiny pieces of plastic … Read more
The Japanese spaceship Hayabusa2 will drop a capsule filled with fragments of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu into the Australian outback this coming weekend. Japanese space agency officials said the samples of the Ryugu asteroid – 180 million miles away – were on track to return to Earth on Sunday after separating from the Hayabusa2 spaceship … Read more
Fossil ‘shark spines’ unearthed in an English phosphate mine a century ago are actually jaw fragments of 100 million-year-old toothless pterosaurs — including an unknown species The fossils were collected in the Fens by Victorian miners and sold for profit They came from a rock formation that dates back to the early Cenomanian The palaeontologists … Read more
The average European carries more than 500 genetic ‘fragments’ from Neanderthals and other archaic human species, a study has found. Among this heritage is included genes that are linked to prostate cancer risk, iron retention, blood clotting speed and smaller height. The ancestors of Europeans are known to have mated with Neanderthals and other archaic … Read more
Investigation finds all 16 of the Dead Sea Scroll fragments displayed at the Museum of the Bible are FORGED two years after first fakes were found A report reveals the 16 scrolls on display are forgeries Experts found inconsistencies with materials and inscriptions The report casts doubt on all Dead Sea Scrolls found after 2002 By James … Read more