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Hadrian's Wall child murder: estimated time of death pre-367AD

Gaul legionnaires seen as main suspects after skeleton of girl is found buried under Roman barracks at VindolandaThe murderous reputation of one of Britain's best-known Roman towns has been raised by the discovery of a child's hastily buried skeleton under a barrack room floor.Archaeologists at Vindolanda fort near Hadrian's Wall are preparing for a repeat of a celebrated coroner's inquest in the...

Fertility scientists find way of 'restarting' ovaries

Stem cell research on rats could pave way for women affected by premature ovarian failure to have childrenWomen who go through early menopause and are unable to have children have been given fresh hope after scientists found a way of "restarting" ovaries.The study could pave the way for women to one day conceive even though they have gone through the menopause at an early age.Premature ovarian...

Prostate cancer deaths could be cut with blood test at 60

Single test could pinpoint those men most likely to develop and die from diseaseA single blood test for men aged 60 could identify those most likely to develop and die from prostate cancer, new research suggests.Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men, with 35,000 in the UK diagnosed every year, according to the Office for National Statistics.Screening is used in certain countries, but...

Spacewatch: Jupiter's extraordinary moons

This January brought the 400th anniversary of Galileo's discovery of the four main moons of Jupiter, a finding that helped to demolish the idea that all celestial objects circled the Earth. His crude telescope would be no match for those widely available now, and even decent binoculars are enough to glimpse the Jovian moons. Check for yourself as Jupiter climbs brightly through the E and SE this...


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Oxford scientist calls for research on brain change

'Mind change' that occurs from using modern technology proposed as one of humanity's greatest threatsLady Greenfield reignited the debate over modern technology and its impact on the brain today by claiming the issue could pose the greatest threat to humanity after climate change.The Oxford University researcher called on the government and private companies to join forces and thoroughly...

From the archive, 14 September 1955: Murderers sleep well and eat heartily

Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 14 September 1955FROM OUR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENTMurderers in the main sleep well in Brixton Gaol. They also, it appears, eat heartily and tend to put on weight. These facts derived from a study of the habits of fifty consecutive murderers confined to the prison were presented at the third International Congress on Criminology in London yesterday as...

September 14: Today's mystery bird for you to identify

The Daily Mystery Bird is a long-running feature that publishes every day at around 1459 (London time), 1359 (GMT), 0959 (NYC time), and 0659 (Seattle time). The game is simple: you have 48 hours to ID the species from an image, video or song. The birds can be from anywhere in the world and vary tremendously in the ID challenge they present. Good luck!Mystery Bird photographed in the Sabine Woods...

Creation in a gulping worm

The exquisite complexity of a tiny and wholly insignificant creature shows Richard Dawkins is right about creationismSome years ago I wrote a book about a very small, transparent hermaphrodite worm, described by Lewis Wolpert as the most boring organism in existence.The fascinating thing about this nematode, c.elegans, was that it was the best understood and most studied multi-cellular organism in...