Dogs can be trained to detect people infected with coronavirus by sniffing their armpits, study finds, and they are already being used in airports around the world. Researchers from the National Veterinary School of Alfort, France, recruited six dogs previously trained to sniff out other things and re-trained them to detect Covid-19. Because of their famously … Read more
Extinction may not be on the cards for the Tasmanian devil after all, with the deadly cancer that was devastating the population now showing signs of petering out. Numbers of the black, antipodean marsupials — which grow to the size of a small dog — have fallen by 80 per cent since the disease was … Read more
A new superhighway network running through the Solar System has been discovered by astronomers, and it could speed up space travel in the future. Researchers from the University of California San Diego looked at the orbits of bodies in our Solar System and computed how they fit together and interacted. The highways allow space rocks … Read more
Israeli authorities are set to unveil structures within King Herod’s hilltop palace-fortress Herodium, in the Judaean Desert, that were previously off-limits. Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority plans to open the revamped site on Sunday, allowing visitors to see for the first time Herodium’s arched stairway, foyer and private theatre. Herodium is a cone-shaped mound in the desert, … Read more
During the Victorian era, ‘mummy parties’ were hosted to unwrap the outer layers in order to take a glance at what mysterious lay behind the cloth, but today’s researchers are working on new methods that do not ‘destroy the integrity of the object.’ A team from Northwestern University used powerful X-rays for the first time … Read more
People who live alone and therefore have little social contact are more likely to have falls in the home, according to new study. UK researchers studied self-reported data on falls and, where available, records of hospital admissions related to a fall from around 13,000 people aged 60 and over. They found almost a 20 per cent … Read more
King crabs could help save threatened coral reefs by keeping excessive seaweed growth under control, a promising new study claims. Experiments on the Florida Keys showed the Caribbean king crab is better than other species at removing overgrown seaweeds that threaten the reefs, by eating it. When introduced to experimental plots on coral reefs, the … Read more
Even people with moderate cases of Covid-19 can suffer STROKES and seizures, study suggests Researchers looked at the cases of 74 people who tested positive for Covid-19 Reveals high prevalence of neurological symptoms in Covid-19 patients Symptoms such as stroke and seizures as well as inflammation may be more common than previously believed By Joe Pinkstone … Read more
Facebook, Messenger and Instagram have all stopped working for some users this morning. The Facebook-owned social media apps went down at around 09.30 GMT, according to the website Downdetector, which monitors online outages. Users are unable to send messages and are being flashed an error message which says the app is ‘waiting for network’. More … Read more
Huge eruption on the surface of the sun could mean aurora borealis are visible in the UK and US this week – but experts warn of interference with power grids and GPS signals Solar storms happen when particles from the Sun hit the Earth’s magnetic field These charged particles interact with the field and generate … Read more