In this reconstruction of the Cambrian brachiopod Neobolus wulongqingensis, tubelike parasites cling to its shell. Ancient Cambrian fossils have preserved the oldest known example of parasites in action. More than 500 million years ago in what is now southern China,…
Flowers, signs and balloons are left near a makeshift memorial to George Floyd near the spot where he died while in custody of the Minneapolis police, on May 29, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The protests that have engulfed American cities…
Dr Hu Weifeng, who worked at Wuhan Hospital, made headlines around the world after the treatment he was given when he contracted Covid-19 made his skin go darker A Chinese doctor whose skin changed colour from coronavirus treatment has died…
Friday’s full moon, also known as the strawberry moon, will light up the night sky in most of the Western Hemisphere (including North America), but that’s not the case the world over. In much of the Eastern Hemisphere, the full…
ALIEN enthusiasts believe they have spotted an extraterrestrial base on the Moon, claiming that NASA is trying to cover up the evidence to protect humanity. UFO hunters have long claimed the Moon is awash with extraterrestrial activity, and some believe…
Professor Alberto Zangrillo, head of the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, has said that the ‘virus clinically no longer exists in Italy’ and is weaker than it once was Policemen patrol as people relax and have a drink along a…
Diligence, technological progress and a little luck have together solved a 20-year mystery of the cosmos. In the late 1990s, cosmologists made a prediction about how much ordinary matter there should be in the universe. About 5%, they estimated, should…
Scientists recorded a dumbo octopus at depths of up to 4.3 miles (6,957 meters) beneath the Indian Ocean. Here, another dumbo octopus is seen foraging at a depth of 3.6 miles (5,760 m). Explorers have captured video of the deepest-known…
There might be billions of dollars worth of treasure stolen by the Nazis under a 16th century palace in southwestern Poland. A diary that was in the possession of a secret society for decades after the end of World War…
A MAN who claims to have stood on the brink of death, vividly recalls leaving his body and being aware of everything around him. Life after death accounts are widely disputed by most medical experts but there are people who…