Ancient Mars was FLOODED during storms that could have lasted thousands of years

Ancient Mars is believed to of had planetwide storms that filled lakes and rivers with rainfall on the planet – sometimes enough to flood the surface. Using satellite images and topography, the team looked at the catchment and watersheds of Martian ‘paleolakes’ to quantify how much precipitation filled lake beds and river valleys 3.5 billion … Read more

Scientists invent new ‘infinitely recyclable’ plastic, PBTL

‘Infinitely recyclable’ plastic is developed which can be broken down and remolded for another use after being heated at 212F Most plastic weakens significantly when its broken down and remolded The new polymer, PBTL, retains its strength and durability after being recycled Researchers suggest it could be recycled again and again, possibly indefinitely PBTL can’t … Read more

Grand Canyon cliff collapse reveals footprints made by egg-laying animals 313 MILLION years ago

Grand Canyon cliff collapse reveals clawed footprints made by egg-laying animals that traveled up sand dunes 313 MILLION years ago A boulder fell from a mountain during a collapse at Grand Canyon National Park Experts found there were footprints in the red rock dating back 313 million years The tracks were made by two shelled-egg-laying … Read more

Small spongy bone was key to supporting huge dinosaurs

Dinosaurs were able to grow to huge sizes because of a unique bone adaptation which kept their bones relatively light 8,000 pounds hadrosaurs were among the largest dinosaurs to roam the Earth  Their spongy trabecular bone didn’t increase in thickness as body size increased This was key for the old ‘bulky lizards’  being able to … Read more

Amazon End of Summer Sale 2020: The dates, what’s on offer and how to find the best deals

Amazon End of Summer Sale 2020: The dates, what’s on offer and how to find the best deals By Corinna Burton For Mailonline Published: 18:22 BST, 21 August 2020 | Updated: 18:22 BST, 21 August 2020 It might not be Prime Day 2020, but Amazon UK has announced that its epic End of Summer Sale will … Read more

Scientists grow the first functioning mini human heart model

Scientists in the US have grown the first functioning mini human heart models to help identify cardiac disorders in the lab. The human heart organoids (hHOs), which have functioning chambers and vascular tissue, were created with stem cells to mimic the ‘nuts and bolts’ of how a fetal heart develops in the womb.  The tiny hHOs, which grew … Read more

Mother bats use high-pitched ‘baby talk’ to communicate with offspring 

Mother bats use ‘baby talk’ with their offspring, much the same way humans do, scientists discovered.  The sac-winged bat has a wide-ranging vocal repertoire, using different ‘songs’ to court mates and defend its territory. Scientists have recently discovered that females also use a special high-pitched voice to encourage their pups to start ‘talking.’ The study … Read more

Human natural selection adding to ‘nearsightedness epidemic’

Natural selection among humans is adding to the ‘epidemic’ of nearsightedness, with each successive generation in the UK gaining more than 100,000 extra cases. It is estimated that around half of the world’s population — some 4.9 billion people — will suffer from the distant visual impairment by the middle of the century. Much of … Read more

Healthy heart is linked with low risk of eye disease in new study

Looking after your heart with a healthy lifestyle also staves off eye disease and sight loss, study claims US researchers found reduced risk of eye disease for people with healthy hearts  Those of us who stick to heart health advice can prevent cataracts and glaucoma About 2.2 billion people globally have eye disease leading to visual impairment By … Read more

Humans will have used a whole year’s worth of natural resources by tomorrow

Humans will have used a year’s worth of natural resources in 2020 by tomorrow, August 22 – a calendar event known as Earth Overshoot Day.  The annual date marks the point at which humanity has used all the biological resources that the Earth can regenerate during that year. Due to the lockdowns imposed because of the coronavirus … Read more