Lead vocal tracks in popular music ‘got quieter over the years’
While many people will love belting out their favourite song at the top of their lungs, a new study suggests our favourite singers have become quieter over the years. Researchers analysed hundreds of popular song recordings
Rosalind Franklin ‘was an equal contributor in the discovery of DNA structure’
British scientist Rosalind Franklin was “an equal contributor” in the discovery of DNA structure and not a “victim”, according to scientists. Matthew Cobb, a professor of zoology at the University of Manchester and Nathaniel Comfort, a
Blinking fish provides insights into how life first evolved on land
An unusual blinking fish is helping scientists understand more about how human ancestors transitioned to life on land from water millions of years ago. It is thought that life on Earth first began in the ocean
Number of webpages containing most extreme child sex abuse doubles
Images of children aged as young as seven being abused online have risen by almost two thirds while the number of webpages found to contain the most extreme material has doubled in recent years, according to
Thousands gather to enjoy spectacle of rare hybrid solar eclipse
Under a cloudless sky, about 20,000 eclipse chasers watched a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia’s northwest coast into brief midday darkness on Thursday with an accompanying temperature drop. The remote tourist town of Exmouth,
What is the new Twitter verification and what does it actually mean?
Twitter users have been voicing their discontent after losing ‘legacy’ blue ticks from their accounts, but what does this actually mean? Here, the PA news agency explains the changes on the social media platform. What has just
