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Remains of Allied gunner shot down in Germany during WWII is identified after nearly 80 years

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The remains of a New Zealand airman who was shot down over Germany during WWII have finally been identified after nearly 80 years.   Henry Pullar, a gunner with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, was  presumed dead when the British bomber he was aboard was shot down over Germany in 1942. Henry Pullar, a gunner … Read more

Neanderthal remains in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years OLDER

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Neanderthal remains discovered in a cave in Belgium thought to be 37,000 years old are actually thousands of years older than previous studies suggested, study shows. University of Oxford archaeologists re-dated a number of Neanderthal specimens from Spy Cave in Belgium, a renowned site for palaeolithic discoveries and found contamination skewed earlier dating efforts. The … Read more

IFS: Lockdown easing SHOULD speed up if Covid data remains positive

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Lockdown easing SHOULD speed up if infection rates and vaccine drive data remain positive to save the economy, says boss of influential Institute for Fiscal Studies Paul Johnson, director of IFS, said ‘if we can do it quicker we absolutely should’ Mr Johnson said ‘no need to stick to a date if things go better … Read more

DNA testing on remains of Richard III could finally tell if he really was an evil King

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He was the King depicted by William Shakespeare as a hunchback villain. But now geneticists are expected to shed light on whether or not Richard III really did have a dark side.  Scientists at Leicester University’s department of genetics have sequenced the complete genome of the last Plantagenet King. The team is led by Professor … Read more

Remains of a 2,000-year-old Bogong moth is first evidence early humans used tools to eat bugs

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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

Princess Diana’s brother Earl Spencer on quest to find remains of the wreck of the White Ship

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Historian Charles Spencer is sending divers to the wreck site of the White Ship, which sank 900 years ago with the only heir of King Henry I on board.  The ship plummeted to the depths of the English Channel on November 25, 1120,  after hitting the notorious submerged Quillebœuf Rock, off the French coast. Carrying … Read more

Archaeologists unearth remains of stone circle that may have made up Stonehenge

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Stonehenge was originally built in Wales, before the stone circle was dismantled and rebuilt 175 miles away in Wiltshire, researchers claim. It is already established that the 5,000-year-old monument in Salisbury contains bluestones brought from a Welsh hillside. However, new research suggests that they were recycled from a dismantled circle called Waun Mawn in the … Read more

Bob Saget remains loyal to Lori Loughlin amid fallout of college admissions scandal

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Bob Saget remains loyal to Lori Loughlin amid fallout of college admission scandal By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 02:36 GMT, 9 February 2021 | Updated: 02:36 GMT, 9 February 2021 Bob Saget remains a good friend to Full House costar Lori Loughlin. ‘I love her,’ Saget, 64, said of Loughlin, 56, appearing on the latest edition … Read more

Syria finds remains of archaeologist beheaded by ISIS near Palmyra

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Syria’s government says it has found the remains of an 82-year-old archaeologist who was beheaded by ISIS in 2015 while trying to protect some of Syria’s ancient treasures from the jihadists.  Khaled Asaad’s body was one of three corpses found near the ancient city of Palmyra, according to official media, four years after it was … Read more