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An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new DNA sequencing have found.
Sleep is universal “even though it’s actually very risky,” said Paul-Antoine Libourel, a researcher at the Neuroscience Research Center of Lyon in France. For a long time, scientists could only make educated guesses about when wild animals were sleeping, observing when they lay still and closed their eyes.
Michi Benthaus traveled into space aboard Blue Origin’s NS-37 mission, becoming the first wheelchair user to blast past the Kármán Line.
The Ursids will peak around the time of the winter solstice under dark skies with chances of enhanced meteor activity.
Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete.
"There is a lot to keep us busy."
Astrophotographer Josh Dury has captured the beauty of the Geminids in this stunning timelapse exposure.
"Virgil has two personalities, its 'good' side – a typical young galaxy quietly forming stars. But Virgil transforms into the host of a heavily obscured supermassive black hole, pouring out immense quantities of energy."
The Southern Ocean is one of the most remote places on Earth, but that doesn't mean it is tranquil. Tumultuous waves that can swallow vessels ensure that the Antarctic Peninsula has a constant drone of ocean. This narrow strip of navigable water gives anybody who gets this far south a chance to see what is at stake as climate change, caused mainly by the burning of oil, gas and coal, leads to a steady rise in global average temperatures.
Excavations of an ancient construction site in Pompeii have revealed the process of how Romans mixed their self-healing concrete.