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Scientists have long theorized that dinosaurs were on the decline before the catastrophic asteroid impact wiped them out 66 million years ago –but new study suggests the prehistoric beasts may have been thriving. Previous works used fossil records to assess diversity of dinosaurs, but researchers in the latest study say how bones are preserved and … Read more
£12bn wiped off Netflix with fewer new customers signing up to the streaming service over the summer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 21 October 2020 More than £12billion was wiped off the value of Netflix last night after fewer customers joined the streaming … Read more
More than £800m wiped off Boohoo’s stockmarket value as auditor quits following sweatshop scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 07:35 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 20 October 2020 More than £800million was wiped off Boohoo’s stockmarket value after it confirmed it has been ditched by its auditor following revelations … Read more
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is one of the two great military humiliations in the glittered history of the Roman Empire. Between 15,000 and 20,000 Roman soldiers and their commanders, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus, a general under the emperor Augustus, were destroyed by Germanic warriors in a series of guerrilla-style attacks. The soldiers … Read more
The Indus Valley civilisation was wiped out by climate change, a new study claims. What caused the demise of the once-great civilisation is a long-standing mystery, but researchers tracking historical monsoon patterns may have found an answer. It is thought the society, which existed at the same time as ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, thrived in … Read more
Human hunters were not responsible for killing off the woolly rhino, according to a new study of the extinct creature’s genome that found climate change is to blame. Experts from Stockholm University sequenced ancient DNA taken from 14 woolly rhinoceros fossils to find out the state of their population near the end of their existence. … Read more
Thousands of coronavirus deaths ‘will be wiped off the government’s official toll’ after urgent review into counting fiasco that meant no-one in England could EVER recover By Connor Boyd Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 08:30 BST, 6 August 2020 | Updated: 08:31 BST, 6 August 2020 Thousands of coronavirus deaths are going to be wiped … Read more
Travel stocks hammered by holiday chaos: £1.5bn wiped off by second wave fears Investors took flight from airlines and tour operators after the Government removed Spain from the quarantine-free list Thousands of holidaymakers cancelled trips to Spain as well as countries such as France and Germany amid concerns they could be next By Tom Witherow … Read more
Next and Asos have dropped Boohoo clothes from their websites as influencers turn their backs and £1billion is wiped off the fast fashion firm’s value in two days over its Leicester lockdown factories scandal. The Health and Safety Executive is probing three Leicester factories over claims staff are being forced to work with inadequate protection … Read more
British butterflies are at risk of being wiped out by intensive farming as conservation measures are failing to protect some of the country’s rarest species, a study found. Species under threat include Duke of Burgundy, the Dingy skipper and the High Brown Fritillary, researchers have warned. Conservation efforts around the margins of agriculture are not … Read more