Archaeologists have rewritten the history books for when humans first arrived in the Americas, shifting the date of the initial migration 15,000 years back in time. Excavations in a cave in Mexico called Chiquihuite revealed evidence of human occupation dating back up to 27,000 years. As a result, the scientists suggest that people from North-East Asia … Read more
Earlier lockdown restrictions have been proven to slash the number of Covid-19 cases in a study of 149 countries. Researchers measured how numbers of Covid-19 cases changed over the course of the pandemic and whether they dropped in the days following strict rules. They looked at five physical distancing measures; closure of schools, workplaces and … Read more
Aboriginal Australians settled in the continent’s Riverland region 22,000 years earlier than previously thought, radiocarbon dating of ancient seafood remains reveals. The dated shell middens – remnants of ‘meals eaten long ago’ – capture a record of Aboriginal occupation that goes back 29,000 years in the Katarapko Riverland Floodplains, South Australia. They had to deal … Read more
The Queen and Prince Philip are expected to spend the summer at Balmoral after it was feared that guidelines on moving between England and Scotland might scupper the annual stay. The monarch, 94, and her husband, 99, are reportedly set to fly to the castle, in the Scottish highlands, where they may stay for up … Read more
Apple will close seven retail stories in Texas just weeks after re-opening them due to a new surge in COVID-19 cases Less than a month after re-opening, Apple will close seven stores in Houston The closures come as new COVID-19 cases surge in and around Harris County Apple has now re-closed 18 of the 100 … Read more
A stunned eyewitness to the Reading terror attack was assaulted by suspect Khairi Saadallah in a bottle attack a year earlier. Sainsbury’s security guard Sydney McDonald, 65, was the victim in the court case that put Saadallah behind bars until just 16 days ago. Mr McDonald was on the scene in Forbury Gardens on Saturday when … Read more
Kobe Bryant made the life or death decision to move his fatal helicopter flight 45 minutes earlier – just hours before take off, bombshell crash investigation documents reveal. The NBA legend asked his personal assistant to reschedule the flight from 9.45am to 9am the night before the January 26 crash so he could watch an … Read more
NASA and ESA find evidence that the first stars and galaxies formed much earlier than researchers thought, beyond the reach of the Hubble Space Telescope Hubble can see the universe back to within 500 million years of the Big Bang Experts used the telescope to determine the age of the first stars and galaxies The … Read more
Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson claims Britain’s death toll would have been HALVED if draconian measures were introduced one week earlier By Reuters Published: 16:03 BST, 10 June 2020 | Updated: 16:31 BST, 10 June 2020 Britain’s coronavirus death toll could have been halved if stay at home measures were introduced a week earlier, ‘Professor Lockdown’ … Read more
Britain should have gone into lockdown earlier and failing to impose restrictions sooner ‘cost a lot of lives’, says Government science expert Professor John Edmunds is an infectious diseases expert who attends SAGE He said today he believed that Britain ‘should have gone into lockdown earlier’ He warned crisis is ‘definitely not over’ and there … Read more