Gene study sheds new light on origins of British menPublished by admin on Tue, 2011-12-20 12:43New genetic evidence reveals that most British men are not descended from immigrant farmers who migrated east 5,000-10,000 years ago – contrary to previous research. |
100,000-year-old ochre toolkit and workshop discovered at Still Bay, South AfricaPublished by admin on Mon, 2011-12-19 14:04 An ochre-rich mixture, possibly used for decoration, painting and skin protection 100,000 years ago, and stored in two abalone shells, was discovered at Blombos Cave, 300km east of Cape Town, South Africa. |
To LET by Dr D A C McNeilPublished by admin on Fri, 2011-12-16 12:17My last day as a college lecturer was shared with several others; we were all retiring early to save the college money. It was the days of John Major’s recession, which in retrospect was a mild affair compared with Gordon Brown’s – but then, Brown was an economist and knew how to do it properly. |
Tudor England's Darwin awards, project studies fatal accidentsPublished by admin on Tue, 2011-11-01 09:23 An Oxford University academic is leading a project to study coroners' reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England. |
Leapfrog reinvents learning with Leappad™, a breakthrough tablet just for kidsPublished by admin on Mon, 2011-10-10 15:19 It’s time for parents to reclaim their tablet devices as educational toy brand LeapFrog unveils the highly anticipated LeapPad Explorer – just for kids! |
Primordial weirdness: Did the early universe have one dimension?Published by admin on Tue, 2011-09-20 14:34A new theory by UB physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposes that the early universe had just one dimension and a fourth dimension may be opening up as the universe expands. Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension? |
An Oxford University academic is leading a project to study coroners' reports of accidental deaths in Tudor England.
It’s time for parents to reclaim their tablet devices as educational toy brand LeapFrog unveils the highly anticipated LeapPad Explorer – just for kids!
A new theory by UB physicist Dejan Stojkovic and colleagues proposes that the early universe had just one dimension and a fourth dimension may be opening up as the universe expands. Did the early universe have just one spatial dimension?
At this very moment one of the fastest spacecraft ever launched - NASA's New Horizons - is hurtling through the void at nearly one million miles per day. Launched in 2006, it has been in flight longer than some missions last, and still has four more years of travel to go.
Multidisciplinary medical identification of a French king’s head (Henri IV) The skeletons of kings and queens lying in mass graves in the Royal Basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris could finally have the solemn funeral ceremonies they deserve, say experts in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com.
In the early 1930s the German Reich were informed by the French Government that it had discharged all the prisoners of war taken during World War I and it must be presumed that all soldiers still missing were dead.
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Gene study sheds new light on origins of British menPublished by admin on Tue, 2011-12-20 12:43New genetic evidence reveals that most British men are not descended from immigrant farmers who migrated east 5,000-10,000 years ago – contrary to previous research. |
100,000-year-old ochre toolkit and workshop discovered at Still Bay, South AfricaPublished by admin on Mon, 2011-12-19 14:04An ochre-rich mixture, possibly used for decoration, painting and skin protection 100,000 years ago, and stored in two abalone shells, was discovered at Blombos Cave, 300km east of Cape Town, South Africa. |
To LET by Dr D A C McNeilPublished by admin on Fri, 2011-12-16 12:17My last day as a college lecturer was shared with several others; we were all retiring early to save the college money. It was the days of John Major’s recession, which in retrospect was a mild affair compared with Gordon Brown’s – but then, Brown was an economist and knew how to do it properly. |
Using the VISIR instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), astronomers have imaged a complex and bright nebula around the supergiant star Betelgeuse in greater detail than ever before.
Visiting the excavations of the Areni-1 cave complex in Armenia, archaeologist Levon Petrosyan contemplates the 6,100-year-old winemaking equipment discovered by an international project co-directed by Boris Gasparyan, Gregory Areshian and Ron Pinhasi.
A newly excavated archaeological site in Alaska contained the cremated remains of one of the earliest inhabitants of North America. The site may provide rare insights into the burial practices of Ice Age people and shed new light on their daily lives.
Scientists are reporting development and successful lab tests of "killer paper," a material intended for use as a new food packaging material that helps preserve foods by fighting the bacteria that cause spoilage.
The US Air Force's X-37B space plane is circling Earth and, although it is on a classified mission with an officially unpublished orbit, sky watchers have spotted it and are monitoring its progress.
University of Leicester Professor highlights potential for new treatments. The largest-ever study of its type into coronary heart disease, involving scientists from the University of Leicester, has uncovered 13 new genes that increase risk of heart attacks.
Multidisciplinary medical identification of a French king’s head (Henri IV) The skeletons of kings and queens lying in mass graves in the Royal Basilica of Saint-Denis in Paris could finally have the solemn funeral ceremonies they deserve, say experts in the Christmas issue published on bmj.com.
