According to the latest research the event that caused the extinction of the mammoth, giant beaver, mastadons and sabre toothed tiger was not a comet strike but the sudden melting of huge amounts of ice.
Science, Technology & Environment
The cruel exploitation of Tom and Misha
As I get older and possibly more mellowed, fewer things upset me. But the torture of two dolphins exposed by Donal McIntyre in the Express almost made me explode with rage.
Man’s inhumanity to man is well documented and expected. But man’s
Greenland ice melts at record pace
In what he calls ‘a manifestation of warming’, Dr Richard Bates who helps monitor the Greenland ice said he was ‘amazed’ to see such a huge area of ice break off the Petermann glacier.
The funnel-web spider – a deadly import
It seems that 71 year old Les Fryer has spotted a deadly funnel-web spider outside his shed in Gloucester.
The report in the Express also includes a rather ‘nice’ video of the beastie in question feeding on a hapless moth.
The funnel-web spider is of the hexathelidae family and has a fearsome reputation
Let the cloning begin
Or rather, animal cloning began ages ago and produced animals that have, in one form or another, entered the human food chain.
According to European officials the probability is that thousands of dairy and meat products
Global Warming unmistakable says Met Office
A report by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has compiled a report based on ten key indicators that shows the earth is warming.
The report “2009 State of the Climate” draws together the work of over 100 scientists
More oil leaks into the oceans
Whilst attention is riveted to the all but stopped BP oil leak into the Gulf of Mexico, another large spill has taken place on the other side of the planet.
Earth’s thermosphere shrinks
Just as scientists (barring allegations of manipulated data and cover-ups) told us that they understand the atmosphere and man’s effects on it, along comes another surprise. The Thermosphere has shrunk so much and so quickly over the last few years that scientists cannot explain it.
What came first, chicken or egg?
This is an age old question that has vexed philosophers and scientists alike. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Well, according to researchers from the Universities of Sheffield and Warwick they believe that they have come up with the answer.
A dinosaur with ‘mojo’
Like something out of an Austin Powers movie, this dinosaur’s got ‘mojo’.
In the film ‘The Spy Who Shagged Me’ the star spy Austin Powers later got his sexual mojo back after it had been stolen from his cryogenically frozen body by a time travelling baddie.
Beware the bin police
Last year over 1,240 fixed penalty notices were slapped on households for breaking recycling rules and not putting out rubbish correctly. Some of the fines were in the region of £110, which is more than the £80 spot fine the police issue for shoplifting.
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