Homo sapiens has been revealed to be 100,000 years older than previously assumed.
In real life, most parents are proud of their kids’ talents and often secretly convinced of their precocity. But how can you tell if your tot’s early aptitude for languages or maths is, in fact, anything out of the ordinary? Professor Joan Freeman is a chartered psychologist and expert on childhood intelligence. Having worked for many years with gifted children and their families, Joan talks us through how best to recognise, and then support, the brightest of our bright young sparks.
Most smartphones are designed to work even on hot days. Apple, for example, states that the iPhone is designed to work in ambient temperatures of between 0 and 35 degrees Celsius, meaning it should in theory get through this week’s heat wave. However, certain conditions or processes can make this worse. The most common ones are direct sunlight and running programs that are either processor or screen intensive - these include playing games, watching video and using sat-nav systems.
CAPE GRIM, Tasmania — On the best days, the wind howling across this rugged promontory has not touched land for thousands of miles, and the arriving air seems as if it should be the cleanest in the world. But on a cliff above the sea, inside a low-slung government building, a bank of sophisticated machines sniffs that air day and night, revealing telltale indicators of the way human activity is altering the planet on a major scale.
In any case, the story of the horse seems to be just a story after all.
An Indian teenager has built what is thought could be the world's lightest satellite, which will be launched at a Nasa facility in the US in June.
A Japanese company has created a smartphone case to help parents prevent their children from becoming addicted to their mobile devices. The case, which can only be removed with a specific screwdriver, allows parents to set time restrictions on their child’s smartphone usage via an accompanying app.
Point a high-powered telescope at the constellation Cetus, the sea monster, and it is just possible to make out a dim red dwarf star shining in the tail. Although it might seem unspectacular, orbiting around that star is a rocky planet that could hold the answer to whether we are alone in the universe.
More than 700 of the 4,000 native bee species in North America and Hawaii are believed to be inching toward extinction because of increased pesticide use leading to habitat loss, a scientific study showed Wednesday.
A massive ransomware virus attack spread to the computer systems of hundreds of private companies and public organisations across the globe.