Iceland’s Skaftafellsjokull is a spur from the nation’s Vatnajokull ice cap, which is Europe’s largest glacier. In 1989, photographer Colin Baxter visited the glacier during a family holiday and took a picture of the frozen landscape. Colin’s son, Dr Kieran Baxter, returned to the exact location 30 years later. Click […]
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Interbreeding between Neanderthals and modern humans was common, reanalysis of thirteen 48,000-year-old Neanderthal teeth from Jersey has revealed. The teeth were first uncovered between 1910–11 from the top of a small granite ledge within the La Cotte de St Brelade cave by archaeologists with the Société Jersiaise. While the teeth had been […]
Donald Trump has announced attorneys David Schoen and Bruce Castor will head the legal team in his second impeachment trial. Schoen, based in Alabama, was readying to defend Jeffrey Epstein when the New York financier was found dead in his cell in August 2019, in what Schoen insists was not suicide. […]
This is an Inside Science story. Many of us wouldn’t think an acidic lake set in the shadow of a volcano would be the best place to live. But for some of the earliest creatures to abandon the sea, it could have been home. Much of the information about life’s […]
Police detain a man during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Saint Petersburg – Olga Maltseva/Olga Maltseva When the Russian opposition decided this time to hold a demonstration in front of the Lubyanka, headquarters of the fearsome Federal Security Service (FSB), they were raising the […]
Jeremy Clarkson hosted another tense instalment of the ITV quiz show on Sunday night, with six new contestants up to try and get their time on the all-important black chair. One person who got that chance this evening was player Victoria, who was hoping to put some extra money towards […]
Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West first came across the name Pauli Murray while working on their Oscar-nominated documentary “RBG.” By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer January 31, 2021, 7:53 PM • 4 min read Directors Julie Cohen and Betsy West first came across the name Pauli Murray while working […]
Jessica Biel shared a sweet wish for husband Justin Timberlake on his 40th birthday on Sunday, January 31. The Seventh Heaven alum, 38, posted a pic of the “Sexy Back” singer wearing a crown while looking at a giant stack of pancakes and fruit, along with a series of other […]