Art and science come alive in HeuschreckenTypically science doesn’t bed down with theatre, much less mate with artistic vigor, but the accord between the two is explored in the recent production Heuschrecken [The Locusts] developed by Stefan Kaegi of R…
The last Neanderthals in Europe died out at least 37,000 years ago — and both climate change and interaction with modern humans could be involved in their demise, according to new research.
The paper, by Professor João Zilhão and colleagues, builds on his earlier research which proposed that, south of the Cantabro-Pyrenean mountain chain, Neanderthals survived for several millennia after being replaced or assimilated by anatomically mod…
Science Museum, London SW7 This small but important show educates and amuses in equal measureThey gave us our number system; built the first university; left us with the names for many of the stars we see at night; formalised the use of zero in mathematics; and provided us with a huge array of words, from [...]
Two typical German shepherds kept as pets in Europe or the U.S. consume more in a year than the average person living in Bangladesh, according to research by sustainability experts Brenda and Robert Vale of Victoria University in Wellington, New Z…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The conquerors who spread their seed across Europe in ancient times were prosperous farmers who imported their skills from the Middle East, researchers reported on Tuesday.
She was a beautiful English princess who married one of Europe’s most powerful monarchs and dazzled subjects with her charity and charm. Now an international team of scientists say they think they’ve found the body of Princess Eadgyth (pronounced Ed…
Scientists from the University of Utah have calculated that 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors were spreading through Africa, Europe and Asia, there were probably only around 18,500 individuals capable of breeding. They remained an …
Sibutramine blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or strokeOne of the country’s most commonly prescribed anti-obesity drugs has been banned across Europe after it was blamed for increasing patients’ chances of suffering a heart attack or a stroke.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) ordered doctors across the continent to stop prescribing sibutramine [...]
The first farmers to arrive in Britain outbred the native hunter-gatherer men and have left their mark in modern males’ Y chromosomeMost men in Britain are descended from the first farmers to migrate across Europe from the Near East 10,000 years ago, scientists say.Ancient farmers left their genetic mark on modern males by breeding more [...]