The Great London [05/01/22] 

  • Libya: Mafia offers rifles to jihadists for Libyan treasures

    The Italian mafia is selling assault rifles to Islamic State leaders in Libya in return for looted archaeological treasures, according to an Italian newspaper. dir="ltr">Leptis Magna, Libya [Credit: AFP]The feared ‘Ndrangheta gangsters sell on the priceless artefacts to Russian and Asian collectors.La Stampa reports that the Calab…

  • Genetics: Mummies from Hungary reveal TB's Roman lineage

    Bodies found in a 200 year-old Hungarian crypt have revealed the secrets of how tuberculosis (TB) took hold in 18th century Europe, according to a research team led by the University of Warwick.One of the 265 mummies resting in cardboard boxes in the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest, Hungary[Credit: AP/Bela Szandelszky…

  • Fossils: New research reveals fires were more common 300 million years ago than today

    Scientists from the Department of Earth Sciences at Royal Holloway, University of London together with colleagues from the USA, Russia and China, have discovered that forest fires across the globe were more common between 300 and 250 million years ago than they are today. This is thought to be due to higher level of oxygen in the …

  • Environment: World's largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet

    The world's largest canyon may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet, according to analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists, led by Durham University.New analysis of satellite data by a team of scientists led by Durham University shows that the world’s largest canyon system may lie under the Antarctic ice sheet [Credit: MODI…