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Prehistoric man

Early humans were nearly wiped out – but it had an unexpected benefit

Tech July 17, 2024

Electric shocks linked to Northern Lights could lead to chaos on the ground

Tech July 10, 2024

Plague bacteria (Yersinia pestis), computer illustration. Y. pestis are gram-negative bacteria from Enterobacteriaceae family, they have ovoid shape with bipolar staining (more intensively stained at poles). The bacterium causes bubonic plague (the Black Death of the Middle Ages). The bacterium is primarily a flea-carried pathogen of rats. Transfer to man occurs when a flea is obliged to leave its dead rodent host and feed on human blood. Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection. Extensive control measures, directed against the rats as well as their fleas, have essentially banished the plague from Europe, but there are still many regions of the world where the disease occurs.

Human case of Black Death plague confirmed in the US

US July 10, 2024

Faraway planet smells worse than Uranus

Tech July 10, 2024

Hate new music? Scientists have discovered why

Tech July 5, 2024

Elevated view of young woman looking for love with online dating app on smartphone while drinking coffee

How social media is stopping you from finding ‘the one’

Tech July 5, 2024

Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) (Picture: Hemming1952/Wikimedia Commons)

Could this ancient living shark hold the elixir of youth?

Tech July 5, 2024

Monster with a 'toilet seat-shaped head' ruled the sea before the dinosaurs

Tech July 3, 2024

Relief Of Four Scribes

The Egyptians got many things right. Sitting wasn't one of them

Tech June 28, 2024

Robots covered in living skin bring Terminator one step closer

Tech July 1, 2024

*EMBARGOED UNTIL 13.00 BST, THURS JUNE 20 (08.00 ET)* Reconstruction of Lokiceratops surprised by a crocodilian in the 78-million-year-old swamps of northern Montana, USA. Release date June 20 2024. A "remarkable" new species of giant horned, plant-eating dinosaur is among the largest ever found. Lokiceratops rangiformis, a cousin of Triceratops, was identified from a skull discovered in the ancient swamp "badlands" of Montana along the USA-Canada border in 2019. It is distinguished by several unique features, including two huge blade-like horns on the back of its frill and the absence of a nose horn. Scientists say the skull was longer than any other dinosaur within its group, Centrosaurinae, approaching the size of later horned behemoths.

Dinosaur with horns for eyebrows and 200 teeth discovered

Tech June 20, 2024

Mayan sacrifices were extra grim for one reason

Tech June 14, 2024

Afrcan Elephant on the move

African elephants have created names for each other

Tech June 11, 2024

‘Extraordinary’ 4,000-year-old Egyptian skull may show signs of attempts to treat cancer

Tech May 29, 2024

The plague is still spreading – and these creatures are behind it

Tech July 10, 2024

Friendly hospital phlebotomist collecting blood sample from patient in lab. Preparation for blood test by female doctor medical uniform on the table in white bright room

Blood test spots cancer seven years earlier – and could help prevent it

Tech May 15, 2024

Waterfall discovery changes what we believed about evolution

Tech May 13, 2024

White Cliffs of Dover in Kent England

Invasion warning as one of Earth's most feared creatures 'heads to UK'

Tech May 4, 2024

Cancer Detection

Cancer jab marks huge breakthrough in battle against deadly brain tumours

Tech May 2, 2024

Female doctor putting hand on male patient

It’s official – female doctors are better

Tech April 23, 2024