US-Israel relations the coolest for decades after ‘terror’ attack by settlers kills 19 year-old Palestinian: For most of Israel’s 75-year history, its closest ally has been the United States, prepared to use its UN security council veto and invariably willing to encourage military collaboration as well as providing plenty of direct aid. But that relationship …
Earth’s early magma oceans detected in 3.7 billion year-old Greenland rocks: 4 billion years ago, the Earth was composed of a series of magma oceans hundreds of kilometres deep. Larich/Shutterstock Earth hasn’t always been a blue and green oasis of life in an otherwise inhospitable solar system. During our planet’s first 50 million years, around …
Stonehenge first stood in Wales: how archaeologists proved parts of the 5,000 year-old stone circle were imported: Mr Nai/Shutterstock According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, whose History of the Kings of Britain was written in 1136, the mysterious monoliths at Stonehenge were first spirited there by the wizard Merlin, whose army stole them from a mythical …
Rare woodland wildlife at risk because of 50 year-old tree felling rules: VOJTa Herout/Shutterstock In the UK it is illegal to deliberately kill or injure red squirrels, disturb them while they are using a nest, or destroy their nests. Yet, although the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act provides these protections, there is a legal anomaly …