Latest ave news

ave

Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 16:00:59 +0000

The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fuelling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation

Full Article

ave

Marmots could have the solution to a long-running debate in evolution

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2024 18:00:29 +0000

When it comes to the survival of animals living in the wild, the characteristics of the group can matter as much as the traits of the individual, according to a study in marmots

Full Article

ave

Why does our universe have something instead of nothing?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:00:21 +0000

In order to figure out how something came from nothing, we first need to explore the different types of nothing

Full Article

ave

Chimps do better at difficult tasks when they have an audience

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 16:00:33 +0000

An analysis of thousands of cognitive tests carried out by chimpanzees finds that the number of spectators influenced their performance in different ways depending on the difficulty of the task

Full Article

ave

If an asteroid were heading towards Earth, could you avert disaster?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:55:00 +0000

From nuclear strikes to giant spikes, discover the systems in place to prevent a collision and test your decision-making to see if you could avoid a catastrophic impact

Full Article

ave

Mammoth tusk tool may have been used to make ropes 37,000 years ago

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:00:30 +0000

Experiments with a replica suggest that a piece of mammoth ivory with carved holes found in a cave in Germany was used by ancient humans to make ropes

Full Article

ave

Hominins may have left Africa 700,000 years earlier than we thought

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 17:20:42 +0000

Our hominin ancestors originated in Africa and the consensus is that they didn't leave there until about 1.8 million years ago, but stone tools found in Jordan challenge the idea

Full Article

ave

Dogs and horses buried with Iron Age people may have been beloved pets

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 14 Feb 2024 19:00:32 +0000

A 2200-year-old burial ground in northern Italy includes people interred with dogs and horses, perhaps showing they had strong bonds with their animals

Full Article

ave

Ukraine may have been first part of Europe colonised by early humans

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 06 Mar 2024 16:00:56 +0000

Korolevo, a site in Ukraine where early humans made stone tools, has been dated to 1.4 million years ago, suggesting early humans moved from Ukraine into the rest of Europe

Full Article

ave

Indigenous Australians have managed land with fire for 11,000 years

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 16:00:20 +0000

Lake sediments reveal the ancient history of Aboriginal people’s use of fire to manage the landscape, a tradition that has benefits for biodiversity

Full Article

ave

Mammoth carcass was scavenged by ancient humans and sabre-toothed cats

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 16:00:10 +0000

A southern mammoth skeleton found in Spain bears cut marks from stone tools and bite marks from carnivore teeth, suggesting that both hominins and felids feasted on its meat

Full Article

ave

Human brains have been mysteriously preserved for thousands of years

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:01:29 +0000

Intact human brains 12,000 years old or more have been found in unexpected places such as shipwrecks and waterlogged graves, but it is unclear what preserved them

Full Article

ave

People watch sports, have sex, make children, study finds

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000

Feedback is intrigued by new research into how major sports tournaments "were associated with increases in the number of babies born" nine months later - but only for supporters of the winning teams

Full Article

ave

Stone Age blades could have been used for butchery, not just hunting

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:40:06 +0100

A modern butchery experiment using replicas of Stone Age tools raises new questions about how often prehistoric peoples hunted large animals such as bison or mammoths

Full Article

ave

Astonishing images show how female Neanderthal may have looked

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 02 May 2024 12:10:46 +0100

The skull of Shanidar Z was found in the Shanidar cave in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, and has been painstakingly put back together

Full Article

ave

Early humans took northern route to Australia, cave find suggests

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 22 May 2024 15:00:21 +0100

An excavation on Timor reveals humans first settled on the island 44,000 years ago, long after the earliest occupation of Australia – suggesting migration to the latter took another route

Full Article

ave

Neanderthal child may have had Down’s syndrome

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 20:00:33 +0100

A fossil bone displaying features consistent with Down’s syndrome belonged to a Neanderthal child who survived beyond 6 years old, adding to evidence that these extinct humans cared for members of their community

Full Article

ave

Iron Age skeletons found under bridge may have been hit by a tsunami

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 11:00:59 +0100

Twenty people may have died 2000 years ago when an Iron Age bridge suddenly collapsed following a tsunami or flood, but scientists also cannot rule out that they were sacrificed

Full Article

ave

The plague may have wiped out most northern Europeans 5000 years ago

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:00:21 +0100

DNA evidence from tombs in Sweden and Denmark suggests major plague outbreaks were responsible for the Neolithic decline in northern Europe

Full Article

ave

Egyptian pyramid may have been built using a water-powered elevator

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:20:04 +0100

Ancient Egyptians may have relied on a vertical shaft that could be filled with water, along with a network of water channels and filtration structures, to build the Step Pyramid of Djoser 4500 years ago

Full Article

ave

Hobbit hominins from Indonesia may have had even smaller ancestors

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 17:00:27 +0100

An arm bone from an ancient human that lived 700,000 years ago on the island of Flores is the smallest ever found from an adult hominin, adding a new piece to the puzzle of Homo floresiensis

Full Article

ave

When did humans leave the trees for the savannah – or did they at all?

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 20:00:10 +0100

Ancient humans are said to have evolved to leave the trees, where our primate ancestors lived, in favour of open grassy savannahs – but we may have this idea wrong

Full Article

ave

A cave in France is revealing how the Neanderthals died out

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:00:00 +0100

Discoveries from the genomes of the last Neanderthals are rewriting the story of how our own species came to replace them

Full Article

ave

A bizarre skeleton from a Roman grave has bones from eight people

By www.newscientist.com
Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:51:08 +0000

Radiocarbon dating and DNA analysis have revealed that a complete skeleton found in a 2nd-century cemetery is made up of bones from many people spanning thousands of years – but we don’t know who assembled it or why

Full Article

ave

U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Mon, 30 Aug 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: U.S. to Be Removed From E.U. Safe Travel List
Category: Health News
Created: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 8/30/2021 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

U.S. Will Lift Restrictions on Fully Vaccinated International Travelers in November

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: U.S. Will Lift Restrictions on Fully Vaccinated International Travelers in November
Category: Health News
Created: 9/20/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/21/2021 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, Mexico

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: U.S. to Reopen Borders to Vaccinated Travelers from Canada, Mexico
Category: Health News
Created: 10/13/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/13/2021 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

Vaccinated Foreign Travelers Can Enter United States Beginning Nov. 8

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Vaccinated Foreign Travelers Can Enter United States Beginning Nov. 8
Category: Health News
Created: 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/18/2021 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

U.S. Reopens Borders to Vaccinated Foreign Travelers

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: U.S. Reopens Borders to Vaccinated Foreign Travelers
Category: Health News
Created: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/8/2021 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

Most Older Adults Plan to Travel Soon, With Precautions: Poll

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Most Older Adults Plan to Travel Soon, With Precautions: Poll
Category: Health News
Created: 11/17/2021 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 11/17/2021 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

England to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: England to Lift Travel Restrictions for Vaccinated Visitors
Category: Health News
Created: 1/24/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/25/2022 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

Mandatory COVID-19 Tests Lifted for Vaccinated Travelers to Britain

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Mandatory COVID-19 Tests Lifted for Vaccinated Travelers to Britain
Category: Health News
Created: 2/11/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave

Is Graves’ Disease the Same as Thyrotoxicosis?

By www.medicinenet.com
Published On :: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 00:00:00 PDT

Title: Is Graves’ Disease the Same as Thyrotoxicosis?
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 7/8/2022 12:00:00 AM

Full Article

ave