Unusual ancient elephant tracks had our team of fossil experts stumped – how we solved the mystery: Elephants communicate underground by generating seismic waves. Anadolu Agency Over the past 15 years, through our scientific study of tracks and traces, we have identified more than 350 fossil vertebrate tracksites from South Africa’s Cape south coast. Most …
Fast fashion’s waste problem could be solved by recycled textiles but brands need to help boost production: Fascinadora/Shutterstock Earlier this year, fast fashion retailer Zara released its first womenswear collection made of recycled poly-cotton textile waste. The collection is available for sale in 11 countries, helping clothing made of blended textile waste reach the mass …
SOLVED: The Problem With Business Directory Submissions: We have all read the ‘propaganda’ that encourages us to find Business Directory sites and self submit our businesses to them. They all promise loads of traffic and an increase in visibility in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). BUT, in order to get the promised traffic and …
Brightest cosmic explosion of all time: how we may have solved the mystery of its puzzling persistence: An x-ray of the brightest ever gamma ray burst reflected off dust layers, creating extended 'light echoes' of the initial blast. Nasa First detected accidentally by US military satellites in the late 1960s, cosmic explosions known as gamma …
Wulf and Eadwacer: why I think I’ve solved the mystery of this Old English poem: Wulf and Eadwacer occupies just a few lines in the Exeter Book, an anthology of mostly anonymous Old English poems made in the second half of the 10th century. As a relic of a literary culture largely lost, the Exeter …
The African Union has had a shaky two decades but problems can be solved: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi making a speech at the AU headquarters. Minasse Wondimu Hailu/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images On 9 September 1999, the Heads of State and Government of the Organisation of African Unity issued the Sirte declaration calling for the establishment …
Mystery solved: when mammals’ ancestors became warm-blooded: Tritylodon, a therapsid, reconstructed as a night dwelling warm blooded animal. Note the steam coming out of its lungs. Illustrated by Luzia Soares Mammals and birds produce their own body heat and control their body temperatures. This process is known as endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, and it may be …
Black death: how we solved the centuries-old mystery of its origins: Tombstones investigated in new research, most from 1338. P.-G. Borbone/Nature, Author provided It is not an exaggeration to say that the question of where and when the Black Death, the deadliest pandemic ever, originated is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. After …
Truck driver shortage won’t be solved by quick fix visas – here are three ways forward: The current shortage of heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers in the UK is hitting consumers hard, leading to distribution problems in food, fuel and groceries. Long queues have been seen at petrol stations across the UK and service stations are …
We solved the mystery of why some fish are warm-blooded: For over 50 years now, scientists have known that, despite their reputation, not all fish are cold-blooded. Some shark and tuna species, the white shark and the Atlantic bluefin tuna, have evolved the ability to warm parts of their bodies, such as their muscle, eyes …
Mars: we may have solved the mystery of how its landslides form: Mars landslide. The blue area represents the landslide debris. Some landslides on Mars seem to defy an important law of physics. “Long, runout landslides” are formed by huge volumes of rock and soil moving downslope, largely due to the force of gravity. But …
Mystery of strange space junk found on CA farm is solved: A mysterious piece of space junk that fell from the sky in Southern California appears to have been part of a communication satellite. A bright flash lit up the sky over the region last week, around the same time apparently that a metal object …
Housing crisis can’t be solved by tinkering with planning laws – build more social housing instead: Shutterstock. The UK prime minister, Theresa May, has set out to address citizens’ anger over the lack of affordable housing in the UK, blaming councils for failing to enforce planning rules, and private developers for focusing on making a …
Obesity crisis can’t be solved by schools – major new study: Black Salmon/Shutterstock The proportion of children in the UK who are very overweight at the start of primary school (around 9%) doubles by the time those children leave primary school. As children spend a lot of time at school, it makes intuitive sense that …
[SOLVED] PC boots/doesn’t with weird lines and sometimes goes to…: EDIT: After some further testing I figured out my main GPU failed. I plugged in my other one and all is good! Hi, recently I've been having problems with my display drivers crashing and now today my computer boots to weird lines and sometimes boots …
Astronomers have solved the mystery of ‘strange signals’ that…: Astronomers who detected ” strange signals ” that appeared to come from a small, dim star have finally gotten to the bottom of the mystery. Researchers first picked up what they now call the “Weird!” signal on May 12 using the Arecibo Observatory, a huge radio …