A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus — related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans — called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lionContinue Reading
Italian scientists say they have found evidence that the Shroud of Turin may indeed have been Jesus Christ’s burial cloth, countering controversial previous research dating the artefact to medieval times. The world’s most studied archaeological artefact has been subject to scrutiny since it first emerged in 1350s, bearing the faintContinue Reading
Engineers have identified a “very unusual” oxygen fire in a turbopump as the reason a rocket engine exploded during a test at the spaceport in Shetland earlier this week. The blast on Monday has delayed a German company’s efforts to carry out the first vertical satellite launch from European soil.Continue Reading
A disease which can kill cats, both domestic and wild, has been discovered for the first time in the US. A variant of the rustrela virus — related to the wider-known rubella virus which causes a skin rash in humans — called RusV was discovered in a female mountain lionContinue Reading
Italian scientists say they have found evidence that the Shroud of Turin may indeed have been Jesus Christ’s burial cloth, countering controversial previous research dating the artefact to medieval times. The world’s most studied archaeological artefact has been subject to scrutiny since it first emerged in 1350s, bearing the faintContinue Reading
Italian scientists say they have found evidence that the Shroud of Turin may indeed have been Jesus Christ’s burial cloth, countering controversial previous research dating the artefact to medieval times. The world’s most studied archaeological artefact has been subject to scrutiny since it first emerged in 1350s, bearing the faintContinue Reading
Humpback whales have joined an exclusive list of animals that not only use but also manufacture their own tools, a new study conducted off the coast of Alaska has found. Researchers have known that humpbacks create “bubble nets” to hunt. Now, they have found that the giant marine mammals don’tContinue Reading
Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed a strange burial site at a pre-Incan temple dedicated to a water cult dating back to about 3,800 years, a discovery they say could “redefine” the understanding of South American history. Four individuals – two children, a teenager, and an adult – were found buriedContinue Reading
Early humans in North America hunted mammoths to near extinction by using their spears as pikes planted in the ground rather than as throwing weapons as previously thought, according to a new study. Among the most frequently unearthed artefacts from archaeological sites in North America dating back 13,000 years areContinue Reading
Early humans used planted pikes, not spears, to kill mammoths in the Ice Age, new research suggests. Archaeologists say the findings might reshape what we think life was like some 13,000 years ago. The researchers looked at how early humans used sharpened rocks to bring down large animals, investigating theContinue Reading
