2 h. ago Prehistoric insects trapped in amber give ‘little windows’ into ancient life on Earth

For the first time, scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber in South America

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9 d. ago Only Murders in the Building review – does this show just need to die now?

There are still many things to love here, but the cracks are well and truly appearing. Too many moments feel laboured and Meryl Streep should be kept away from comedyIn the mid-90s, Bonnie and Terry Turner created a TV sitcom about a group of aliens (led by John Lithgow as their self-regarding High Commander) on a research mission to Earth. As they attempted to integrate into human life by posing as an ordinary family, gentle, charming hilarity ensued for six seasons – an unexpectedly long time, and 3rd Rock from the Sun became known as “the show they couldn’t cancel”. The fondness everyone felt for it endured past the show’s technical peak and kept it on our screens until the commercial inviability became too stark and/or the actors’ interest in participating waned. It was a rare pocket of sentimentality in the otherwise ruthless world of television programming.Only Murders in the Building is in all respects a much better show than 3rd Rock. It manages to fold in a cosy whodunnit, ...

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1 week ago 'Crazy' object spotted on Google Earth prompting adventurer to find it in real life

A man was left stunned after he spotted a 'crazy' object on Google Earth and decided to go and find it himself - and he wasn't disappointed with what he discovered

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1 week ago Alien life theory as possible atmosphere identified around Earth

Scottish researchers believe there may be oceans or ice on planet 40 light years away

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2 w. ago Not just resisting, but leading the fight: five women who refuse to be ignored

Across the world, women at the heart of their communities are leading the struggle to protect their culture, land and way of life“We, the daughters of mother earth have come together to collectively decide what we can do to bring about a world which we would like our children and our children’s children to live in,” so states the Beijing Declaration of Indigenous Women.Adopted in 1995, the document outlined the oppression of women around the world and demanded governments recognise “the social, cultural, economic, and religious rights of the Indigenous peoples in their constitutions and legal systems”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago NASA reveals planet in our solar system had a hidden 'energy source' that could hold alien life

While not quite big enough to be considered a planet, scientists have theorised that life once inhabited Ceres – a space body near to Earth – including oceans on the surface

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2 w. ago Princess Diana's chef shares what royal ate for breakfast and how to recreate it

Princess Diana was known for her down-to-earth approach to life - and it seems that even extended to her breakfast, as her former private chef revealed what she ate every morning

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3 w. ago Scientists discover chemical ‘missing link’ that might explain origins of life on Earth

Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 billion years ago

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3 w. ago Solo traveller shares the amazing places to visit that have 'blown their mind'

It can be hard to pick the most incredible places on earth - but Sarah, who shares her life backpacking around the world, says these places are the most incredible.

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3 w. ago Scientists reveal the exact date the black hole at the centre of the Milky Way will erupt into life

Scientists have revealed the exact date that the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy will erupt into life, and what will happen to Earth.

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last month ‘A climate of unparalleled malevolence’: are we on our way to the sixth major mass extinction?

Churning quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere at the rate we are going could lead the planet to another Great DyingDaniel Rothman works on the top floor of the building that houses the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, a big concrete domino that overlooks the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Rothman is a mathematician interested in the behaviour of complex systems, and in the Earth he has found a worthy subject. Specifically, Rothman studies the behaviour of the planet’s carbon cycle deep in the Earth’s past, especially in those rare times it was pushed over a threshold and spun out of control, regaining its equilibrium only after hundreds of thousands of years. Seeing as it’s all carbon-based life here on Earth, these extreme disruptions to the carbon cycle express themselves as, and are better known as, “mass extinctions”.Worryingly, in the past few decades geologists have discovered that many...

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