Science
‘Monstrous’ new Russian sabre-tooth fossils clarify early evolution of mammals
Fossils found in Russia has revealed two new species of 'menacing' sabre tooth beasts
Solar system with three Earth sized planets discovered just 160 light years away
Adds to evidence rocky planets are common throughout the universe
Black death was around in the Bronze Age
A pair of 3,800-year-old skeletons buried together in Russia test positive for a strain of the plague-causing bacterium Yersinia pestis that is ancestral to the strain that caused the Black Death
People could soon be given a jab of friendly bacteria to protect against post-traumatic stress disorder
The probiotic-based immunisation could also be used to treat anxiety and depression.
The brain actually ‘beats’… just like the heart, say scientists.
And its tiny movements - less than the width of a human hair - have been caught on film for the first time.
Memory fades as people get older because their brain runs out of gas… just like an ‘old banger’
Mitichondria, tiny 'power stations' that fuel all cells make less power in the brain with age
Rocks near dried out lakes may show life really did emerge on Mars, say Scottish scientists.
The iron rich sediments are the likeliest place to find fossilised microbes dating back three to four billion years.
Compassion meditation can work on stress, racial prejudice, anxiety, autism with kind thoughts
The study suggests that it helps people become calmer in the face of suffering - and may benefit conditions ranging from social anxiety disorder to autism
Pterosaurs flew like birds rather than bats
Discovery has implications for the evolution of flight