Month: April 2005
Release the bats!
They're taking over! The developer of a proposed luxury five-star hotel may miss out on lucrative tax-breaks because...
Capitalism killed the Neanderthals
It turns out it wasn't climate, interbreeding or disease which laid waste to the Neanderthals - it was...
Calling on Planet Earth(s)
Scientists believe that perhaps half of all planetary systems today could be harbouring habitable worlds. (Brought to you...
Beginning to see the light…
US scientists have designed a bionic eye to allow blind people to see again. (Brought to you by...
Iceberg On The Move
The huge B15A iceberg is on the move in the McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. (Brought to you by...
The Top 100 April Fool’s Day Hoaxes of All Time
#1: The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest #2: Sidd Finch #3: Instant Color TV #4: The Taco Liberty Bell #5:...
Creationism on the rise in the UK
A teachers' union has said it is alarmed by an increase in lessons which teach that Adam and...
Red-arsed bumblebee vanishes, apparently
*coughs* A rare form of bumblebee known as the 'one with the red arse' has vanished from Irish...
A matter of trust
US scientists say they can tell whether one person trusts another, by using a brain scan. The results...