People Who Are Bilingual Have Brains That Age More Slowly
The ability to keep the brain fit by speaking more than one language could be one of the best ways to stop brain ageing, according to new research by boffins…
Graduate student Paul Savas feeds raw plastic into a crusher to prepare it for pyrolysis, or heating in an inert atmosphere. (Jeff Fitlow/Newsflash)
How Plastic Waste Could Be Used To Grab CO2
Scientists have discovered a double environmental breakthrough - how to capture carbon dioxide by using heat-treated plastic waste. The breakthrough came from boffins at Rice University, in the city of…
Past scents can be recovered from scent archives by extracting molecules using a variety of different methods according to a research from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History located in the German city of Jena. (Michelle O’Reilly/Newsflash)
Sueskinds Perfume Could Come To Life As German Boffins Recreate Smells From The Past
Fans of the novel 'Perfume' by German author Patrick Sueskind will be able to experience some of the pongs and stenches of the 18th-century world he described, after scientists revealed…
The species of giant tortoise that inhabits San Cristobal Island, beloved to be Chelonoidis chathamensis, was found to genetically corresponds to a different species, not yet described, which was believed to be extinct since the beginning of the 20th century. (Parque Nacional Galapagos/Newsflash)
Boffins Identify New Species Of Giant Tortoise In Galapagos Islands
Boffins have identified a new species of giant tortoise in the Galapagos Islands. The species of giant tortoise that inhabits San Cristobal Island, which is the easternmost island in the…
Research of the world's oldest trousers in Turfan, West China. (J.Zhou, DAI/Newsflash)
Made In China: Boffins Recreate Trousers That Were Like The Versace Of The Ancient World
Boffins say these well-preserved trousers, believed to be the world's oldest, are so stylish they were like the "Versace" of the ancient world. This is after they managed to recreate…
The auction scene from Hellboy II. (Universal Pictures/Newsflash)
Austrian Experts Solve Mystery Of Origin Of 29,500 Year Old Venus Of Willendorf Figurine
Boffins believe they have discovered the origin of the Venus of Willendorf - an 11-centimetre-tall figurine considered one of the most significant artefacts ever found. The figurine depicts an adult…
Over 100,000 year old giant panda fossil has been discovered in Shuanghe Cave, Zunyi, China. (Guizhou Mountain Resources Research Institute/AsiaWire)
Boffins Unearth Extremely Rare 100,000 Year Old Giant Panda Fossil In Chinese Cave
Boffins in China have unearthed an extremely rare giant panda fossil dating back over 100,000 years. Researchers from the Guizhou Institute of Mountain Resources of the Guizhou Academy of Sciences…
The skeleton, which is currently unknown to which animal belongs, was found in digging an enterprise garden in Igdir, Turkey. (Newsflash)
Intact Skeleton Of Mystery Animal Unearthed At Mill Baffles Turkish Boffins
This intact skeleton of an as-yet-unidentified animal has baffled Turkish scientists after it was unearthed at a local mill. The skeleton, about one metre (3.3 feet) tall with ferocious teeth,…
Rice University student Arinze Appio-Riley and his client, Adriel Rivas, for whom he designed and printed a prosthetic hand as part of the global e-Nable initiative. (Brandon Martin,Rice University/Newsflash)
Young Boy Born Without Hand Plays Catch After Boffins 3D Print Him A Fully Functioning Prosthetic
This is the moment a five-year-old child born missing his left hand plays catch after boffins 3D-printed him a prosthetic that enables him to firmly grip objects. Rice University partnered…
The reconstructed face of Neanderthal named Krijn made by the Kennis brothers, world-famous palaeo-artists, in Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, the Netherlands.
Boffins Give 70,000 Year Old Dutch Neanderthal A Smile Using Cutting Edge Reconstruction Tech
From just the fragment of a 70,000-year-old neanderthal's skull found off the coast of Holland, experts have reconstructed the ancient human ancestors face and even given him a smile. In…