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LAURA VAN HOLSTEIN IN THE OLD LIBRARY AT ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, WITH A FIRST EDITION OF CHARLES DARWIN'S SEMINAL BOOK ON THE ORIGINS OF SPECIES

One of Darwin’s Evolution Theories Finally Proved by Cambridge Researcher

Laura Van Holstein, a Ph.D. student in Biological Anthropology at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, and lead author of the research published today (March 18) in Proceedings of the Royal Society, discovered mammal subspecies play a more important role in evolution than previously thought.

China looks to recovered to develop effective COVID-19 treatments

The WHO joined TikTok to spread information about coronavirus

Katherine Johnson, NASA mathematician, dies at 101

Earth Might Witness ‘Mini Ice Age’ For Next 30 Years, As The Sun About To Hit Its ‘Solar Minimum’

According to scientists, a ‘solar minimum’ is about to grip the Earth and our planet could face cold weather and harsh snow storm for the next 30 years – a mini ice age.

Students should stay in Wuhan as Pakistan cannot treat coronavirus: Envoy

Dashing the hopes of the several Pakistani citizens stuck in coronavirus-hit Wuhan, Pakistan’s ambassador to China, on Sunday told a Pak-based news channel that no evacuation is possible because of lack of medical facilities in Pakistan.

Antarctica’s biggest glacier still losing ice, thinning in a new way

Antarctica’s biggest glacier still losing ice

New mission will take 1st peek at Sun’s poles.

“We are going to be able to map what we ‘touch’ with the in situ instruments and what we ‘see’ with remote sensing,” said Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, NASA deputy project scientist for the mission.

Crocodiles suffering for luxury leather bags in Vietnam

Crocodiles Die Horrifically In Vietnam For Louis Vuitton Leather Bags

PETA has exposed suffering on reptile farms in the U.S. and Africa, and now eyewitness footage reveals the horrifying reality for tens of thousands of crocodiles in Vietnam raised and violently killed to make “luxury” leather bags sold around the world. Two of the farms investigated supply crocodile skins to Louis Vuitton’s parent company, LVMH, and “some of the biggest brands,” according to a farm owner.

NASA Building Homes Made of Fungi for Moon, Mars

Instead of habitats made of metal and glass, NASA is exploring technologies that could grow structures out of fungi to become our future homes in the stars, and perhaps lead to more sustainable ways of living on Earth as well. Creating a livable home for future astronauts means doing more than growing a roof to go over their heads.