[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentLiverpool John Moores University. NatureTests on the skull could give new insights into ancient historyA DNA bone test on a man who lived 4,500 years ago in the Nile Valley has shed new light on the rise of the Ancient Egyptian civilisation.An analysis of his skeleton shows he was 60 years old and possibly worked as a potter, but also that a fifth of his DNA came
[ad_1] Tim DoddClimate and science reporterGetty ImagesRecord low water levels in the Amazon basin disrupted drinking water for thousands of peopleFrom Somalia to mainland Europe, the past two years have seen some of the most ravaging droughts in recorded history, made worse by climate change, according to a UN-backed report.Describing drought as a "silent killer" which "creeps in, drains resources, and devastates lives in slow motion" the report said it
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience Correspondent andGwyndaf HughesScience VideographerHow the researchers hope to create human DNAWork has begun on a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life from scratch, in what is believed to be a world first.The research has been taboo until now because of concerns it could lead to designer babies or unforeseen changes for future generations.But now the World's largest medical charity, the Wellcome Trust, has
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience correspondentBBCInside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grown in the lab next door.What's strangest of all is just how real it looks. The texture, when cut, is indistinguishable from the real thing."That's our goal," says Ms Jackson of Ivy
[ad_1] Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Victoria GillBBC News Science Team Getty Images / Maxar Technologies.Iran's Natanz nuclear site has been a target of Israel's airstrikesUS warplanes have bombed three nuclear sites in Iran, the same places Israeli planes had targeted in its ongoing war with Iran.One of the targets was Fordo, a uranium enrichment plant hidden in a remote mountainside that is vital to Iran's nuclear ambitions.Key nuclear facilities
[ad_1] Rebecca MorelleScience editor andAlison FrancisSenior science journalist Watch: the fine art of an exquisite 2,000 year-old Roman jigsawArchaeologists have pieced together thousands of fragments of 2,000-year-old wall plaster to reveal remarkable frescoes that decorated a luxurious Roman villa.The shattered plaster was discovered in 2021 at a site in central London that's being redeveloped, but it's taken until now to reconstruct this colossal jigsaw puzzle.The frescoes are from at least
[ad_1] Maddie MolloyClimate & science reporterGetty ImagesThe Soviet Union launched a number of missions to explore Venus – this probe was from an earlier flightPart of a Soviet-era spacecraft is likely to have re-entered the Earth's atmosphere after being stuck in orbit for more than half a century, the European Space Agency said. Kosmos 482, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, never made it out of Earth's
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience correspondentBBCListen to this article on BBC SoundsThere are some scientific discoveries that do much more than advance our knowledge: they create a shift in our psyche as they show us the scale of the Universe and our place in it. One such moment was when space craft sent back images of the Earth for the first time. Another is the discovery of life on another world, a
[ad_1] Rebecca Morelle, Alison Francis and Greg BrosnanBBC ScienceWatch: Astronauts return to Earth after extended stay in SpaceAfter nine months in space, Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have finally arrived back on Earth.Their SpaceX capsule made a fast and fiery re-entry through the Earth's atmosphere, before four parachutes opened to take them to a gentle splashdown off the coast of Florida. A pod of dolphins circled the craft.After
[ad_1] Pallab GhoshScience CorrespondentBBCAs a Ryanair flight from London approached Vilnius, Lithuania, on 17 January, its descent was suddenly aborted. Just minutes from touching down, the aircraft's essential Global Positioning System (GPS) suffered an unexplained interference, triggering an emergency diversion.The Boeing 737 MAX 8-200 had already descended to around 850ft (259m) when the disruption occurred. Instead of landing, the plane was forced to climb back into the sky and divert
