How fast you walk is as important as doing 10,000 steps – study
How fast you walk is just as important as how many steps you take in a day, research suggests. Studies found that walking 10,000 steps a day was associated with a lower risk of dementia, heart
New malaria vaccine could drastically reduce child deaths, say scientists
A malaria vaccine created by Oxford researchers “is really exciting” and could contribute towards drastically reducing the number of children who die from the infection, experts suggest. A new study reports on the effectiveness of a
Planets with water are more common than previously thought, research suggests
Many more planets may have large amounts of water than previously thought – as much as half water and half rock, new research suggests. However, rather than flowing freely like the rivers on Earth, the water
Scientists find more answers on 66 million-year-old meteorite wildfire mystery
The meteorite that wiped out Earth’s dinosaurs instantly ignited forest wildfires up to thousands of kilometres from its impact zone, scientists have discovered. The roughly six-mile-wide meteorite struck the Yucatan peninsula in what is now Mexico
Earliest known mammal identified using fossil tooth records
The earliest known extinct mammal has been identified using fossil tooth records. Brasilodon quadrangularis was a small ‘shrew-like’ animal that measured around 20cm in length and had two sets of teeth. The tiny animal existed at
Dinosaurs evolved different eye socket shapes to allow stronger bites – study
Large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets so they could have stronger bites, a new study suggests. Although the eye socket is just a hole in the skull housing the
