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The ancestor of the coronavirus could have been lurking in animals for millions of years before it jumped to humans, a virologist has claimed. The coronavirus, known scientifically as SARS-CoV-2, became able to infect humans when it mutated while inside an animal and then jumped across species. This happened for the first time last year in … Read more
Mice learned how to be sneaky from living alongside humans, new research suggests Researchers in Germany looked at three populations of house mice for the study Mice which have been with humans longest were best at problem-solving tasks Tasks included opening lid or window of a Lego house to get a tasty mealworm By Victoria … Read more
A quarter of all known stars in the universe are thought to host a ‘perfect planet’ — one the same size and temperature as Earth. There are approximately a ‘zetta’ of them … that’s a trillion billions — a one with 21 zeroes after it. So it is presumptuous for us to assume we are … Read more
Epic Games, maker of the video game ‘Fornite,’ has released a sneak peek of its browser-based software tool that lets developers create ‘digital humans.’ Powered by the firm’s Unreal Engine, the MetaHuman Creator provides dozens of hairstyles, ear types, lip shades and more, allowing users to mix and match to create 3D characters that move … Read more
Etchings found on a 120,000-year-old bone of an extinct giant cow that once roamed Israel are believed to be the oldest symbols made by humans An butchering site was discovered in Israel that dates back 120,000 years Experts found a trove of bone fragments, with one bearing six markings A further analysis reveals it was … Read more
Global increases in animal movement due to human activity have averaged 70 per cent in the last 40 years, a new study reveals. Researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia analysed 208 separate studies on 167 animal species published since the early 1980s to track animal movement. Animals looked at ranged from the sleepy … Read more
The worlds richest man, Elon Musk, has revealed an ambitious plan to get humans on Mars by 2026 – seven years before NASA aims to land astronauts on the Red Planet. Speaking on the audio-only Clubhouse app on Sunday, the SpaceX founder told the Good Times Show his goal was to establish a self-sustaining Martian … Read more
Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was common, reanalysis of thirteen 48,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth from Jersey has revealed. The teeth were first uncovered between 1910–11 from the top of a small granite ledge within the La Cotte de St Brelade cave by archaeologists with the Société Jersiaise. While the teeth had been assumed to come from a … Read more
Female physicist invents new fusion rocket that could take the first humans to Mars 10 TIMES faster than space-proven thrusters A new fusion rocket concept could one day take humans to Mars It uses magnetic fields to shoot plasma particles out of the rocket Current space-proven fusion rockets use electric fields to propel the particles … Read more
Could cats and dogs have to be vaccinated to curb virus spread? Transmission of Covid-19 from animals to humans poses ‘significant long-term risk’, scientists say A group of scientists said domesticated animals can become infected with the virus and pass it to humans, including new variants that evolve in the pet The experts from the … Read more