Once upon a time, wolves roamed the northeastern regions of the United States in plentiful packs. But about a century ago, human development drove wolves away. They retreated north, into Canada, and west into Michigan, Wisconsin and other Midwestern...
Pythons, bats and giant armadillos are among the longest sleepers at over 18 hours a day. Human babies need 16 hours, and most of us probably feel we need around eight hours sleep to function well. Professor Jerry Seigel, from the University of Calif...
Ever since Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of the Kings in 1922, scholars have speculated over why the 19-year-old boy king died so young. Some believe he was killed by a fall from his chariot, conspiracy theorists say h...
So how did scientists confirm that it was hemophilia that plagued the royals? By analyzing the DNA of Victorias great grandson, Prince Alexei Romanov. He was murdered along with his entire family during the onset of the Russian Revolution in 1918. Us...
We all like to eat well, and sometimes its worth spending that little bit extra in order to get the best food available, but how many of us would consider spending nearly ￡2,000 (22,000 yuan) for a pigs leg? British gourmets with money to burn are...
Like glasses, contact lenses work by bending light rays just the right amount to make the object come into focus on the retina at the back of the eye. Sometimes the eyes natural lens has an imperfection or may not be shaped properly, which can make y...
However, a study of 500,000 Europeans from 10 different countries refutes the commonly-believed suggestion that up to 50% of cancers could be prevented by increasing the public's consumption of fruit and vegetables. Instead the study, which is led by...
You would have thought it hard to miss one six-metre-high scowling demon let alone twelve. But the authorities at Bangkok's main airport say they are relocating their spirit statues to the check-in area, where they are thought more likely to be notic...
By hitting the nerves with a mild electrical jolt, you can distract the signal-carriersthat is, the pain signals stop crossing the nerves for as long as the electrical charge is on. So how to do that? Levy and others have inserted a little battery un...
We redheads are well known for our fiery tempers. Now it seems there's scientific backing for our ginger whingeing as well. Scientists in the United States studied a group of 144 dental patients almost half of whom had red hair. They found that the r...
Next time you spill a little, let the coffee dry before wiping it up. Youll notice that after it dries there is a darkish ring around the very edge of the spill, whereas the middle disappears almost entirely. Whats going on here? Robert Deegan and Sy...
PV solar technology is more complex. When sunlight hits a PV cell, electrons in the cell are knocked out of their orbits. Electric fields channel the electrons in a current used to generate electricity。 Unlike thermal solar panels, PV technology is...
Professor Daniel Sessler from the Cleveland Clinic in the United States is one of the authors of the study. He says the research is a considerable scientific breakthrough. Red hair is the first phenotype of anaesthetic requirement in humans. And what...
If youve ever had a migraine headache, you dont need me to tell you it hurts. Doctors report that about twenty million people suffer from serious headaches, and ten percent of these have intractable painmeaning it doesnt go away. But heres a surprise...
Sipho has lived in London all his life. Here is what he thinks of the statement. Some of them are some of them aren't. Generally I would say they are. I think they're very regimented,very quite straightforward, some of them can be adventurous, but ge...
