A team of scientists has discovered what they say is the first evidence in the world – dating back 47 million years – of a snake giving birth to its young. Most reptiles are oviparous, which means that they are hatched from fertilised eggs. But other reptiles are viviparous, which…
Ceramic vessels discovered in ancient tombs in Israel have revealed the world's earliest evidence of opium use dating back more than 2,300 years. The images show the opium paraphernalia from the Late Bronze Age both while it was being dug up during the excavation and after it had been cleaned.…
This massive moth with a 10-inch wingspan has been found in the USA for the first time. The revelation was made by the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA), which said in a statement obtained by Newsflash after it was first released on 5th August and updated on 17th August…
A newly discovered mammoth butchering site proves that humans were in north America nearly 15,000 years earlier than thought, scientists have revealed. The site from 37,000 years ago discovered bones that had been carved as well as evidence the beasts' fat was rendered over fires. By chance the the fossils…
Some of Britain's earliest humans lived on the outskirts of Canterbury in Kent between 560,000 and 620,000 years ago, a groundbreaking new study has revealed. The study, which was led by archaeologists at the University of Cambridge, confirms that Homo heidelbergensis, an ancestor of Neanderthals, occupied southern Britain in this…
A huge wave from a now non-existent lake was caused when part of a volcano collapsed in Central Mexico, according to new research. Archaeologist Gerardo Gutierrez-Mendoza of the University of Colorado used scientific methods to add further veracity to a book written hundreds of years ago: The Universal History of…
Scientists have solved a 1,400-year-old mystery concerning the genetic background of the Avar civilisation by evaluating DNA samples of over 60 individuals discovered in elite graves. Researchers who analysed the first ancient genomes from key sites in Hungary found evidence that supports the idea of the Avars descending from a…
Overweight middle-aged people have a higher risk of suffering from dementia at an advanced age, a German study shows. PD Dr Veronica Witte, 41, is a biologist at Leipzig University. She heads the university's special Mechanisms of Adiposity research group, in which medical experts from different departments are working on…
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office has launched a lawsuit against a Seattle-based company for "deceptively marketing stem cell treatments for COVID-19 and dozens of other serious medical conditions". Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed the lawsuit against the company US Stemology and its owner Dr Tami Meraglia because there…
A 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary's defence team has undergone two setbacks in her trial over the deaths of 11,412 people. The setbacks came after the court refused to include evidence favourable to the defendant, but permitted other evidence that appears to frustrate her defence team. Irmgard F., full…