Neanderthals: our distant relatives could grasp a hammer but would have struggled to pick up a coin

Neanderthals could grasp a hammer but would have struggled to pick up a coin because the joints in their thumbs made precision grips more challenging than ‘power squeezes’  By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 16:29 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 26 November 2020 The thumbs of Neanderthals would have meant they could … Read more

Black Friday deals: 41% off Beats Solo Pro headphones at Amazon

The Beats Solo Pro headphones are 41% off in the Amazon Black Friday sale (that’s a huge saving of £110) By Emily Scrivener For Mailonline Published: 14:31 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 14:46 GMT, 26 November 2020 Black Friday may officially start tomorrow, but Amazon has kicked things off early with thousands of deals … Read more

Why Covid-19 patients with diabetes or heart disease are more likely to die from coronavirus

Why Covid-19 patients with diabetes or heart disease are more likely to die REVEALED: Virus latches onto cholesterol molecules to gain access to cells, study shows Researchers studied the role of cholesterol in coronavirus infection   Found the presence of high cholesterol is linked to increased infection of cells  Believed the coronavirus binds to cholesterol and hijacks a lift … Read more

Emotions: Animals have positive moods when they ‘win’ and pessimism when they ‘lose’, study claims 

‘Like the cat that got the cream’: Animals experience emotions much like humans — exhibiting positive moods when they ‘win’ and pessimism when they ‘lose’, study claims Animal behaviour experts have traditional not considered the role of emotion While humans can report how they feel, the emotions of animals are enigmatic Researchers from Belfast reviewed … Read more

Physics: ‘Ghost particles’ emitted by the SUN shed light on how massive stars shine 

Elusive ‘ghost particles’ produced deep within the Sun have been detected for the first time, helping to shed light on the reactions that make massive stars shine. Researchers were able to capture evidence of the particles as they passed through a special detector buried beneath a mountain near the town of L’Aquila, Italy. The rare emissions … Read more

NASA astronaut Victor Glover shares his first video from SPACE

NASA astronaut Victor Glover shared his first video from space as he and three other astronauts soared above the Earth while traveling to the International Space Station. Glover is part of the Crew-1 mission that launched aboard the SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, nicknamed ‘Dragon Resilience,’ on November 15. This is Glover’s first trip to space … Read more

Trove of arrows dating back 6,000 years are discovered in Norway after drastic amounts of ice melts 

A veritable treasure trove of ancient artifacts has been discovered in an Norwegian ice patch that climate change has caused to melt. Researchers found nearly 70 arrow shafts, plus shoes, textiles and reindeer bones on a mountainside in Jotunheimen, about 240 miles from Oslo. Based on radiocarbon dating, the oldest arrows are from around 4100 … Read more

When will Earth be eco-friendly? Most Americans believe the world will be greener by 2042

When will Earth be eco-friendly? Most Americans believe the world will be greener by 2042 if we produce zero waste and adopt a more plant-based diet A survey reveals that Americans are hopefully the world will become greener Approximately 59% of respondents say the Earth will be  eco-friendly by 2024  Americans say a green world … Read more

Bird the size of a crow with a toucan-like beak lived on Madagascar 68 million years ago

‘Buck-toothed’ bird the size of a crow with a toucan-like beak lived on Madagascar 68 million years ago Remains of a bird’s skull have been found on the African island of Madagascar   The species has been called Falcatakely which means ‘small scythe beak’ By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: 18:54 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: … Read more