‘It’s in our bed!’ Former Big Brother star Skye Wheatley finds a SNAKE in her bedroom before losing sight of the ‘angry’ reptile By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:05 BST, 26 April 2020 | Updated: 04:07 BST, 26 April 2020 Former Big Brother star Skye Wheatley was confronted with a snake slithering … Read more
Battle of the birds! Study finds New York and Boston pigeons do not mix because ample green space between the cities keeps them from migrating The rivalry between New York and Boston has been found in the cities’ pigeons Experts discovered genetic differences in the birds along the east coast There is interbreeding of pigeons … Read more
Fecal transplants drastically reduced autism symptoms in children, according to new research. Symptoms almost halved in 18 children given the treatment – known medically as microbiota transfer therapy. The study builds on the theory that the neurological condition may be rooted in the gut, rather than the brain. Two years after the transplant, children saw … Read more
Coronavirus is killing people more than a decade before they would have died naturally, according to a study. Men who die of COVID-19 are losing, on average, 13 years of their lives, scientists say, while women have 11 years cut off their life expectancy. The disease, which has hospitalised more than 100,000 people in the … Read more
The Earth’s tectonic plates started moving more than 3.2 billion years ago – just over 1.3 billion years after the Earth first formed and earlier than originally thought. The outermost shell of the Earth is broken down into seven major tectonic plates and many smaller ones that move between 0.4 inches and 6.2 inches per … Read more
The new five-minute test being used to diagnose people with the novel coronavirus, and touted by President Donald Trump, is producing false negatives, a new study claims. Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic tested 239 specimens of the virus among five of the most commonly used test including Abbott Laboratories’ ID NOW test. The test was … Read more
An eco-warrior spending lockdown sorting through 39 stone of plastic waste he found on a single beach was shocked to find three cereal box toys from 62 years ago. Rob Arnold, 62, has been beach-cleaning near his home in Liskeard, Cornwall, for the last seven years, but made fighting microplastics his full-time mission since he … Read more
A vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella is safe and effective, according to a review looking at dozens of earlier studies involving millions of children. The review, completed by British policy institute Cochrane, involved examining 138 different studies into the vaccine and its side effects including whether there was any evidence it caused autism. The … Read more
Binge drinkers are drinking MORE than ever: Study finds Americans who go on benders slam an average of 529 beers, shots or cocktails a year The number of alcoholic beverages consumed by binge drinkers rose from 472 in 2011 to 529 in 2017 Adults above age 35 saw the biggest spike, with a 25 percent … Read more
Earth’s rocky surface is the result of ‘intense bombardment’ of extraterrestrial impacts hitting the surface billions of years ago Experts say impacts from space triggered the rise of tectonic plates on Earth Layers of round particles condensed from the impact were discovered Particles date back about 3.2M years ago, similar to when plates appeared By … Read more