Researchers in Gabon observed an ape using crushed bugs to treat her son’s injury A team of researchers from Osnabruck University in Germany claim to have observed a behavior in chimpanzees that was previously thought to be specific to humans: giving each other medical assistance. The findings were reported in the journal Current Biology on […]
Etichetă: thought
Pentagon thought North Korean missile was headed for US – media
The military initially thought Pyongyang’s latest missile test was capable of striking the United States, leading to grounded flights along the west coast US military and aviation officials were briefly convinced that a North Korean missile launch earlier this week could pose a threat to the ‘homeland’, CNN reported, but early readings were soon dismissed […]
Bat thought to be extinct found hiding
One of the final representatives of a species feared to be extinct has been spotted in a secret tunnel in the UK Animal preservation activists had reason to rejoice this Christmas, after one of Britain’s last-known big bats was spotted hibernating in Sussex. A search for a mate to save the almost-extinct species has now […]
Omicron found in Europe earlier than previously thought
The Omicron Covid-19 variant arrived in the Netherlands before it was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO), according to new data presented by the nation’s health watchdog. The new strain was already present in the Netherlands more than a week before its first cases were confirmed by Dutch health authorities, the country’s National […]
Toxic smog in New Delhi way worse than previously thought
The Indian Supreme Court has demanded urgent measures to tackle the thick toxic smog that has been covering New Delhi for over a week. It even suggested imposing a brief lockdown. “Do you know how bad the situation is? People have to wear masks even at home,” Chief Justice N.V. Ramana said, grilling government officials. […]
Deepest earthquake ever hit area previously thought impossible by scientists
An earthquake that struck at a whopping 751 kilometers (467 miles) below the Earth’s surface is the deepest ever recorded, scientists have revealed. The tremor shook a zone thought to be impossible for quakes to occur in. The ultradeep quake rocked the remote Bonin (also known as Ogasawara) Islands off mainland Japan in 2015, coming […]
China is amassing nukes much faster than previously thought – Pentagon report
China is beefing up its nuclear arsenal a lot faster than Washington thought just a year ago, a new Pentagon report says, predicting that Beijing will own at least 1,000 nuclear warheads by the end of the decade. The Department of Defense published its newest assessment of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) wartime potential in […]