Scientists detect 55 chemicals in pregnant women never before seen in humans, along with 42 ‘mystery’ compounds with no source or known use Scientists discovered 96 unique and strange chemicals in pregnant women The team found the chemicals in their blood and newborn babies as well This suggests the chemicals are traveling to the baby … Read more
How quest for tastier food helped drive evolution: Ancient humans who could smell and desire more complex aromas gained advantage over rivals, new book claims Academics suggested early humans could smell complex aromas had advantage Claim the pursuit of flavour was the main reason for creation of tools and fire Goes against scientists claims early … Read more
Woolly mammoths roamed what is now New England 12,800 years ago and a new study suggests they shared the landscape with the first humans who arrived in the region some 10,500 years ago. A team from Dartmouth College used radiocarbon dating on a rib fragment from the Mount Holly mammoth uncovered in Vermont in 1848, … Read more
Neanderthals could SPEAK just like modern humans! CT scans of the extinct species’ ears indicate they had the capacity to perceive and produce human speech Scientists used CT cans to model the ear bones of Neanderthals and humans Then used a custom-built piece of software to determine what they could hear Found Neanderthals could hear … Read more
Over the course of the next decade humans will integrate more with technology to ‘upgrade’ our lives including brain chips and exoskeletons, a new report claims. Produced by dentsu, a global advertising and digital agency, the report looks at ways the world could change over the next 10 years and the impact on global brands. … Read more
Woolly mammoths would have lived another 4,000 years in some parts of Eurasia if it weren’t for human hunters, according to a new study. Australian experts performed computer simulations of woolly mammoth interactions with humans and climates based on evidence from fossils and ancient DNA. The findings suggested a warming climate forced them further north into smaller … Read more
From abstract expressionist masterpieces to perfect portrayals of the real world, artificial intelligence (AI) can create artworks that are indistinguishable from pieces painted by humans, a new study reveals. In online surveys, around 200 humans were unable to suss the human-made artworks from the artificial art, the US author reports. AI art is created by machine … Read more
Hi Rosie, I can see you’re thinking of leaving us,’ a customer services adviser called Ann wrote via the live chat service on my broadband provider’s website. ‘Yes, I’ve been trying to speak to the call centre but I’ve been on hold for 42 minutes.’ ‘I understand that,’ came the message back. But did she? … Read more
Not now bird flu! Russia reports world’s first ever cases of H5N8 flu in humans – but says the virus hasn’t spread between people yet Russian officials diagnosed the human cases of the H5N8 bird flu virus The virus spread from birds to workers at a poultry plant in southern Russia Health officials said patients … Read more
Scientists in Australia have uncovered the first archaeological evidence of insects being used as a food source by ancient Australian Aboriginal groups. Particles on a grindstone discovered in the foothills of the Australian Alps were determined to be from a Bogong moth, which migrates to the area every summer. The tool, small to be carried … Read more