There’s little as excruciating as biting into a cold ice-cream and feeling an awful jolt of pain, especially if you’ve been a bit lax in the dental hygiene department. Researchers from the US and Germany have finally gotten to the root of this pain — identifying the specific cells in teeth, odontoblasts, that sense cold temperatures. … Read more
by Mia de Graaf, US Health Editor As athletes of all sports speak out about their brain injury fears, we run through the need-to-know facts about risks, symptoms, tests and research. 1. Concussion is a red herring: Big hits are not the problem, ALL head hits cause damage All sports insist they are doing more … Read more
Mixed race triplets born to a white mother and desperate to trace their father’s ancestry discovered they are of West African and Irish descent on an emotional episode of BBC2’s DNA Family Secrets. Peter, David and Phillip, 35, who now live in County Antrim, were born in Merseyside and moved to Northern Ireland as children after … Read more
The 67-year-old daughter of an Irish woman who put her up for adoption in 1953 was stunned to discover that her mother is still alive in an emotional BBC documentary. Margaret, from Warwickshire, was adopted in Southport, Liverpool when she was just six months old. She appeared on last night’s episode of BBC2’s DNA Family … Read more
A New York City woman was shocked this week to find an entire empty apartment hidden behind her bathroom mirror. Samantha Hartsoe, who works for a nonprofit in the city, was confused to notice a cool breeze blowing in her bathroom, despite there being no window or working air vent nearby. After some clever investigation, … Read more
Needing to ‘rest your eyes’ for a daytime snooze could be more than just exhaustion, according to a new study that found the need to nap may be in your DNA. Researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) worked with data from the UK Biobank, which included genetic and general information on 452,633 people including … Read more
How important is the presence of liquid water? It is now widely believed that Mars holds a reasonably large volume of water. However, the surface of the planet is so cold, this water exists only as ice. In order for life to exist on a planet, many scientists believe it is essential for the world … Read more
Golden finds: The Sutton Hoo helmet The next time you explore our glorious countryside, keep an eye out for what may look like a discarded sweet wrapper. That’s exactly what Kevin Duckett thought he’d found in Northamptonshire in 2017. Instead, it turned out to be a solid gold figurine depicting King Henry VI, thought to … Read more
It’s a fashionable haircut favoured by the rich and famous. But it looks like the skin fade’s popularity could stretch as far back as the in the first century AD. Archaeologists discovered that a two inch high figure of a deity found on the Wimpole Estate, in Cambridgeshire, was sporting what appeared to be a … Read more
Scientists discover SEVEN worrying homegrown coronavirus variants with nearly identical mutations in the US Scientists have discovered seven coronavirus variants with nearly identical mutations to their spike proteins in the US Two have gained ground in Louisiana and Mississippi, but the variants, known by their 677 mutations have been spotted in numerous states Scientists aren’t … Read more