Vitamin D supplements can keep bones strong – but they may also have other benefits to your health: Our ability to make vitamin D declines in the winter. Anetlanda/ Shutterstock Most of us don’t worry about getting vitamin D when the weather’s warm and the sun is shining. But as winter approaches, accompanied by overcast …
Collagen supplements may help improve the health of your tendons and bones: Collagen is an important protein when it comes to the health of our connective tissues. Milan Ilic Photographer/ Shutterstock Collagen has become a popular ingredient in the skincare industry, with high-profile advocates such as Jennifer Aniston and the Kardashians taking it for its …
‘Bone smashing’: broken bones, tooth loss and blood vessel damage are just a few of the harms of this bizarre TikTok trend: There's no evidence 'bone smashing' can permanently alter your face's appearance. Kyryk Ivan/ Shutterstock The internet never ceases to amaze when it comes to the bizarre health crazes people are willing to try. …
Bones play an important role in our health – here’s how to keep them strong: Weight lifting helps keep the bones strong. Liderina/ Shutterstock Just as our muscles lose strength as we get older, so do our bones. This can have a serious effect on our lifestyle, and boosts risk of fractures – which are linked …
Bones like Aero chocolate: the evolution adaptation that helped dinosaurs to fly: Dinosaurs once dominated Earth's landscapes AmeliAU/Shutterstock It’s sometimes difficult to imagine how the planet we call home, with its megalopolis cities and serene farmlands, was once dominated by dinosaurs as big as buses and five-storey buildings. But recent research has helped deepen our …
Putting the bones of giant, extinct ‘thunderbirds’ under the microscope reveals how they grew: An artist's reconstruction of the giant _Dromornis stirtoni_. Peter Trusler © The largest flightless bird found anywhere in the world today is the ostrich. It stands about 2.5 metres tall and can weigh up to 240kg. But millions of years ago …
Science and race in South Africa: lessons from ‘old bones in boxes’: Anatomist and anthropologist Matthew Drennan in his anthropology laboratory at the University of Cape Town in 1931. Cape Argus, 27 August 1931 The discipline of physical anthropology has a dark, often fraught past. It was misused to justify slavery and even genocide. In …
Exercise could help broken bones heal faster – here’s how: Counterintuitively, exercise may actually help the process. Studio Romantic/ Shutterstock If you’ve ever broken a bone, you probably thought it was best to rest and not put any weight on it. But somewhat counter-intuitively, exercise may actually play an important role in making sure fractures …
Fish bones and water lilies help pin down the month the dinosaurs died: Herschel Hoffmeyer/Shutterstock The dinosaurs were killed by a meteorite impact on the Earth some 66 million years ago in what has become known as the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. At what time of the year this occurred has long generated debate among palaeontology …
A nice Paternoster image: Image from page 9 of “On the nature and treatment of the distortions to which the spine, and bones of the chest, are subject : with an enquiry into the merits of the several modes of practice which have hitherto been followed in the treatment of distortio Image by Internet Archive …
South Africa in the news: Activists take vaccine demands, and a mountain of fake bones, to home of Biden’s chief of staff: Activists deposited a fake mountain of bones outside the home of President Joe Biden’s chief of staff to represent the lives they say have been lost to the president’s failure to scale up …
Southern African hunters may have used symbolism in choosing bones to craft arrows: The San associated elands with rain, and the power to influence game during a hunt. Henk Bogaard/Shutterstock Animals have long played an important symbolic role in human societies. They feature prominently in myths and folklore throughout the world. In some cases animals …
South Africa’s role in the trade in lion bones: a neglected story: Most lion bones in South Africa come from captive-bred lions. Author supplied Africa’s wild lion population is estimated to be between 20 000 and 30 000. Researchers have good reason to believe that the real number is closer to 20 000. This puts …
Bones found in 1940 seem to be Amelia Earhart’s, study says new: In a June 26, 1928 file photo, American aviatrix Amelia Earhart poses with flowers as she arrives in Southampton, England, after her transatlantic flight on the “Friendship” from Burry Point, Wales. Bones found in 1940 on a western Pacific Ocean island were quite …
How penis bones help primates win the mating game – and why humans might have lost theirs: All shapes and sizes. Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA One of the most weird and wonderful products of evolution is the penis bone, or baculum. The baculum is an extra-skeletal bone, which means it is not attached to the …
A South African Comedy video selected by www.Free-Mail.co.za: Mr. Bones 2: Back from the Past is a 2008 comedy film directed by Gray Hofmeyr, co-written by Gray Hofmeyr and Leon Schuster and starring Leon Schuster, Tongayi Chirisa, Leeanda Reddy, Kaseran Pillay, Meren Reddy. It is the second in the Mr Bones series. Released by Videovision …