Tue 11 May 2021: Being unable to walk quickly can be frustrating and problematic, but it is a common issue, especially as people age. Noting the pervasiveness of slower-than-desired walking, engineers at Stanford University have tested how well a prototype exoskeleton system they developed — which attaches around the shin and into a running shoe — increased […]
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The fossil remains of nine Neanderthal men have been found in a cave in Italy, the culture ministry announced Saturday, a major discovery in the study of our ancient cousins. All the individuals found in the Guattari Cave in San Felice Circeo, located on the coast between Rome and Naples, are believed to be […]
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Sat 08 May 2021: After 27 years of marriage, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, 65, and his wife Melinda Gates, 56, created a flutter around the world when they announced their divorce saying they have given it “a great deal of thought”. The two said they will, however, continue to work together on philanthropic issues through […]
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Fri 07 May 2021: Bees trained by researchers in the Netherlands can identify samples infected with COVID-19, a finding which could cut waiting times for test results to just seconds. Bees already have an unusually keen sense of smell, a feature the researchers made use of. To train the bees, scientists in the bio-veterinary research […]
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Wed 05 May 2021: In what would be called a rare case, a 25-year-old woman in Mali has given birth to nine babies ‘nonuplets’ in Morocco. A young Malian woman became a phenomenon in a single day by safely giving birth to nine babies at once at a hospital in Morocco on Tuesday. Halima Cisse, […]
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Tue 04 May 2021: Bill and Melinda Gates are getting a divorce following nearly three decades of marriage, the couple announced on Monday. “After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” Bill and Melinda Gates said in a statement. “Over […]
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Mon 03 May 2021: German officials say they have reached an agreement with Nigeria to return a share of plundered artifacts known as Benin Bronzes. Thousands of plaques and sculptures were looted from the ancient Kingdom of Benin — now southern Nigeria, not the modern nation of Benin — by British soldiers in an 1897 raid, […]
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Sun 02 May 2021: Dozens of black and red hand prints cover the walls of a cave in Mexico, believed to be associated with a coming-of-age ritual of the ancient Maya, according to an archeologist who has explored and studied the subterranean cavern. The 137 prints, mostly made by the hands of children, are more […]
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Sat 01 May 2021: An extremely messy personal space seems to lead people to believe the owner of that space is more neurotic and less agreeable, say University of Michigan researchers. Psychologists from U-M’s Flint and Ann Arbor campuses explored the degree of messiness in one’s workspace and how it affects perceptions of the owner’s […]
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Wed 28 April 2021: Egyptian archeologists unearthed 110 burial tombs at an ancient site in a Nile Delta province, the Tourism and Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday. The graves, some of which have human remains inside, were found at the Koum el-Khulgan archeological site in Dakahlia province, around 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Cairo, the […]
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