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A paramedic couple returning to the UK with their five-week-old daughter after four years living in Abu Dhabi have said travellers should not be used as ‘guinea pigs’. From Monday, UK nationals or residents returning to England from 33 countries will be required to spend 10 days in Government-designated quarantine hotel at a cost of … Read more
This is the isolated tribe in Indonesia, where American heir Michael Rockefeller was supposedly murdered and eaten sixty years ago, before they renounced cannibalism and turned to Christianity. The images offer a rare glimpse of the Grand Valley Dani people, an ethnic group located in a remote part of western New Guinea in Indonesia. Their … Read more
New Guinea has the most diverse island plant life in the world according to researchers, who found it had 20 per cent more flora than Madagascar or Borneo. Experts from the University of Zurich examined 700,000 plant specimens from the southwestern Pacific island as part of a study into its ecosystem diversity. Two-thirds of the species … Read more
British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more
British Olympians were used as guinea pigs to test an experimental substance in a secret UK Sport project costing hundreds of thousands of pounds of public money in a bid to enhance their performance at London 2012, an MoS investigation has found. The so-called ‘novel nutritional intervention’ was fed to medal hopefuls during competition despite only … Read more
Why I became a virus ‘guinea pig’: Woman reveals the personal reason for devoting years to help vaccine study – as scientists warn we may end up needing several different jabs to ward off COVID-19 Linear Clinical Research running COVID-19 trial with a Chinese pharmaceutical Rachelle Kalic said her father’s Uber job loss motivated her … Read more
Dinosaurs that lived 200 million years ago may have used three toes to walk through mud just like modern-day guinea fowls, study shows Scientists compared guinea fowl tracks to those of meat-eating theropods Similarities suggested dinosaurs also moved in a looping motion with their legs Researchers said the motion had lasted 200 million years due … Read more
Colourful photographs reveal the ancient tradition that now brings competing tribes of Papua New Guinea together in a colourful festival of song and dance. Extraordinary images of the tribes show them painting their faces with a mixture made of clay and plants, the Kunai donned in a combination of yellow, black and red paint and … Read more
Russian prisoners should be used as guinea pigs for experimental Covid vaccines in return for their sentences being halved, demands pro-Putin politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky said thousands of prisoners would respond to the deal The pro-Vladimir Putin ultranationalist said the move would lead to faster testing Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party’s plan has sparked angry … Read more
Antibody tests, which reveal whether you’ve had Covid-19, have been hailed as the way out of lockdown and safely getting people back to work. With one of the first tests now finally officially approved, Mail writers undergo two versions — and find out what’s it’s like to discover you’ve had the virus confirmed . . … Read more