Matthew Whitaker has been playing jazz piano for crowds around the world since age 11 – and has been doing so completely blind. Whitaker was born with retinopathy of prematurity that led to his blindness, but the now 18-year-old has caught the attention of scientists who want to study the prodigy’s brain to understand how … Read more
The world’s first complete dinosaur skeleton – found 160 years ago – has finally been studied and its position on the Jurassic family tree confirmed. Researchers from the University of Cambridge spent the past three years preparing a detailed description and biological analysis of the skeleton of the Scelidosaurus. This completes the work started by … Read more
Pollen DNA is being studied by British scientists in a bid to identify which grasses cause severe hay fever It is impossible to tell pollen from different plants apart without looking at DNA Scientists are hoping to use pollen DNA to find which pollen causes hay fever Analysing 40 species of grass, including cocksfoot, Timothy … Read more
Wuhan reports its first ‘imported case’: Chinese student, 16, who studies in the UK brings the coronavirus BACK to the former epicentre after flying home from Newcastle – despite showing NO symptoms The city last week declared that it had largely curbed the coronavirus outbreak Local health officials today reported the 16-year-old as its first … Read more