Mothers who develop postnatal baby blues can influence their children's ability to talk, a new study has revealed. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI CBS) in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany have revealed that up to 70 per cent of mothers suffer from postnatal depression.…
Overjoyed researchers have revealed how a new study of the diet of emperor penguins shows they have no trace of microplastic in their bodies. Doctoral candidate from the Department of Environmental Sciences at the University of Basel Clara Leistenschneider and her team were studying the impact of pollution on the…
Grandparents all over the UK became more and more depressed after limiting contact with their grandchildren because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study says. Their overall quality of life had been greatly lowered as a result of the loss of contact, according to the study published in the Journal…
Scientists have discovered two bacteria with great antibiotic potential in a river in Chile. The breakthrough comes as the search for new bacteria to develop antibiotics is one of humankind’s greatest health challenges as bacterial infections are increasingly resistant to conventional medical treatments. The two bacteria were found by researchers…
A necropolis found in Bosnia and Herzegovina has revealed a high mortality rate in the prehistoric period after archaeologists discovered 46 graves and 53 individuals from the Bronze and Iron Ages. Picture shows burial construction with an outer ring of stones including three individual graves, undated. The discovery has been…
Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp teeth at the tip put them in a similar class to modern kingfishers. Now new research has shown that the…
One of the great unsolved mysteries about dinosaurs as to whether flying pterosaurs had feathers or fur has been solved after the discovery of a remarkable prehistoric fossil that can be clearly seen to have been feathered. An international team of palaeontologists have now officially presented this fossil proof that…
Oyster reefs almost wiped out by centuries of neglect can be restored in just six years, say marine experts at the University of Virginia. And even 'functionally extinct' reefs that have lost up to 85 per cent of their population can come back quickly, the study reveals. Study lead Rachel…
Austrian archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old administrative centre with over 30 storage facilities that ancient Egyptians used to stock grain. The team of researchers from the Cairo branch of the Austrian Archaeological Institute (OAI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OAW) found the 32 extremely well-preserved granaries in the ancient…
These images show a loyal dog sitting by its dead owner's side after the homeless man passed away on a bench outside a hospital. The moving scene took place outside the Rio Piedras Medical Centre in the district of Rio Piedras in the Puerto Rican capital San Juan on the…