A chunk of ambergris found inside a dead sperm whale on a beach in the Canary Islands has been valued at nearly GBP 400,000. The 13-metre- (43-foot) long, 20-tonne cetacean…
A piece of DNA that many humans have inherited from the Neanderthals makes it more likely to get a serious bout of COVID-19 but 27 percent less likely to get…
A new species of ‘indestructible’ water bear has been found fossilised in a chunk of amber dating back 16 million years. Tardigrades, also known as water bears and moss piglets,…
The US Department of State is reportedly considering cutting a large chunk of its 1.3-billion-USD military aid to Egypt over the death of an American taxi driver in a Cairo…