The rise of marijuana among boomers: Twice as many US seniors use pot as did five years ago, study finds In 2015, 2.4% of adults aged 65 and older used pot compared to 4.2% in 2018 Use among older women saw a 93% increase from 1.5% who used in 2015 compared to 2.9% in 2018 Significant … Read more
By gum! British PhD student discovers first example of fossilised plant gum dating back 110 million years in Brazil The gum was found in fossilised leaves of the welwitschiophyllum plant Plants gums are involved in food storage and structural support University of Portsmouth student found it in the Crato formation in Brazil Scientists may have … Read more
Pets have been a companion to humans for millennia. In fact, according to Greger Larson, director of the University of Oxford’s palaeogenomics and bio-archaeology research network, humans have likely kept baby animals for amusement as long as humans have lived. But the story of exactly how animals became domesticated is much debated and often only glimpsed at … Read more
Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert 2020 idiomatically conducted by Andris Nelsons is a breath of fresh air… more, maestro, please By David Mellor for Event Published: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 15 February 2020 New Year’s Concert 2020 Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Andris Nelsons … Read more
From wartime chance encounters to modern day ‘meetings’ on an app, these real-life stories are sure to restore your faith in love. The romantic tales, spanning the last 90 years, were all shared by biography-writing service StoryTerrace, which works with people to record their stories – or those of their loved ones – in a … Read more
Human populations in India SURVIVED the Toba ‘super-eruption’ 74,000 years ago that plunged the Earth into a decade-long ‘volcanic winter’ and led to the near-extinction of our species Experts thought humans outside Africa may not have survived Toba event Humans are known to have migrated out of Africa into Eurasia before this time Researchers have … Read more
While parts of the world are experiencing a wet February, areas in California are ‘bone dry’. San Francisco and most of the northern state have received just sprinkles to no rain in what is usually its wettest month of the year – a first in 150 years of recorded history. Now, a new map from … Read more
A fake ID card, troubled dreams and a mysterious box… Ariana Neumann suspected her dad had a hidden past. But it took her two decades to unravel his astonishing story of courage, survival and tragic loss Ariana with her father Hans in 1973 As a child growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, Ariana Neumann was desperate to … Read more
Why a kimono is the timeless cover-up that will always take your outfit up a notch Madonna at the 1999 Grammys. A striking image by photographer and kimono devotee Akira Times. Thom Browne’s menswear take, 2016. A modern Japanese version at the V&A. East meets West on the Duro Olowu catwalk, 2015. Alexander McQueen goes … Read more
A reflective glory: It’s 400 years since the Mayflower Pilgrims set off for America from the charming Dutch city of Leiden – and it’s never looked better (think Amsterdam without the queues) A Dutch group set off from Leiden in north-west Holland for America in 1620 To absorb their world, follow a trail that takes … Read more