Female physicist invents new fusion rocket that could take the first humans to Mars 10 TIMES faster than space-proven thrusters A new fusion rocket concept could one day take humans to Mars It uses magnetic fields to shoot plasma particles out of the rocket Current space-proven fusion rockets use electric fields to propel the particles … Read more
Could cats and dogs have to be vaccinated to curb virus spread? Transmission of Covid-19 from animals to humans poses ‘significant long-term risk’, scientists say A group of scientists said domesticated animals can become infected with the virus and pass it to humans, including new variants that evolve in the pet The experts from the … Read more
Flint chopping tools were used by early humans beginning 2.6 million years ago to break animal bones and release the high-calorie marrow inside, a study has found. Researchers led from Germany and Isreal analysed the function of 53 similar chopping tools found at the 400,000-year old site of Revadim, east of Ashdod. Each chopping tool … Read more
Human hunter-gatherers find food, reproduce, share parenting responsibilities and organise social groups in ways that mirror local birds and mammals, a study found. Researchers from the UK and Germany analysed data on the behaviours of foraging human and local animal populations from 339 locations across the globe. They found that for nearly all behaviours analysed, humans … 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
Meet ‘Nieve’– snow in Spanish – the rare white Bengal tiger born at the Nicaragua zoo who is being raised by humans after she was rejected by her mother Nieve is the first white Bengal tiger born in the Central American country The cub was born last week weighing two pounds to a yellow and black … Read more
Meet ‘Nieve’– snow in Spanish – the rare white Bengal tiger born at the Nicaragua zoo who is being raised by humans after she was rejected by her mother Nieve is the first white Bengal tiger born in the Central American country The cub was born last week weighing two pounds to a yellow and black … Read more
Many people hate to walk away from a situation they’ve invested significant time, money or resources on, even if it’s hopeless. Those wasted efforts are called ‘sunk costs’ and the more you spend, the more you’re likely to keep at it. It turns out our primate cousins act the same way, according to a new … Read more
Archaeologists believe they’ve found the oldest known tool used for grinding or scraping, dating back some 350,000 years. Found in the Tabun Cave in northern Israel, the implement is a cobble, a type of small rounded stone, and predates homo sapiens by at least 50,000 years. Previously, such tools weren’t thought to have been introduced … Read more
Early humans may have survived harsh winters more than 400,000 years ago by HIBERNATING, fossil experts reveal New fossil evidence suggests our predecessors may have slept through winter Bones from grave shows how we survived harsh winters 400,000 years ago Researchers found signs of hibernation with months of interrupted bone growth By Clare Mccarthy For Mailonline Published: 13:37 … Read more