How Modern Life Killed the House Party

Really supportindependent journalism Our mission is to provide objective, fact-based reporting that speaks to power and reveals the truth. Whether it’s $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Support us in delivering journalism without an agenda. Find out more Iibby Connor was about to turn 21 and wanted to throw a house party. As a second-year … Read more

Enjoying a glass of wine? Thanks to the extinction of the dinosaurs, claims study

By Xantha Leatham Deputy Science Editor for The Daily Mail 15:09 01 Jul 2024, updated 15:14 01 Jul 2024 Without dinosaurs trampling on trees, vines like grapes flourished READ MORE: Asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago The next time you open a bottle of wine, raise a glass to the dinosaurs. That’s … Read more

Scientists say a strange event has killed woolly mammoths

By James Cirrone for Dailymail.Com and Reuters 9:44 PM June 30, 2024, updated 9:56 PM June 30, 2024 Scientists conducting a new genomic study claim that the last woolly mammoths on Earth became extinct due to an extreme storm or plague. If the species had not become extinct, they might still be there today. These … Read more

‘Someone could be killed’: Villagers react to proposal for new homes

Residents have expressed their anger over a property developer’s plan to build new homes in a village. They claim that “someone is going to get killed.” Esquire Developments has unveiled proposals for the rollout of 17 mixed-use homes in the heart of Wingham, near Canterbury. If approved, the homes will be built on land north … Read more

‘Someone could be killed’: villagers react to proposal for new houses

Residents have expressed their anger over a property developer’s plan to build new homes in a village. They claim that “someone is going to get killed.” Esquire Developments has unveiled plans to build 17 mixed-use homes in the heart of Wingham, near Canterbury. If approved, the homes would be built on land north of Gobery … Read more

A mysterious ‘random event’ killed Earth’s last woolly mammoths in Siberia, study claims

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The planet’s last surviving mammoth population was killed off by a random and sudden mysterious event, a new study has found. The population, which was isolated from the rest of the world for 6,000 years on Wrangel Island in present-day far northern Russia, was previously believed slowly exterminated by genetic inbreeding. But a new study … Read more

The book that could have killed me

It’s funny how things you think are bad sometimes turn out to be good. Like many of us, I was fascinated by all kinds of science as a child. As I got older I focused a little more, but that would come later. Living in a small town, there weren’t many recent books on science … Read more

Cosmic shrapnel that killed the mammoth is buried deep, scientists claim

For hundreds of thousands of years, the woolly mammoth thrived on Earth, measuring its stately stride over the frozen lands. Then something happened. The earth has changed. And in a remarkably short time the mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) had disappeared; the last became extinct 4,000 years ago, on remote Wrangel Island in the cold Arctic. Although … Read more