March 5, 2026 2 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAm Is the key to better aging all in our mind? Many older adults improve their physical and cognitive health over time, overturning the idea that aging equates to a decline By Claire Cameron edited by Jeanna Bryner Xavier Bonghi…
New Findings Rewrite Our Understanding Of Early Hominin Dispersal From Africa To Eurasia
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Recent research suggests that Homo erectus, a direct ancestor of modern humans, may have arrived in China significantly earlier than previously believed. A team of geoscientists and anthropologists, including Christopher J. Bae from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has found evidence that H. erectus…
Ayatollah calls for ‘Trump’s blood’ as Iran warns US will ‘bitterly regret’ torpedoing warship
By PERKIN AMALARAJ, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:35 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 11:46 GMT, 5 March 2026 A top Iranian cleric has called for ‘the shedding of Trump’s blood’ as the country’s leadership warned that the US will ‘bitterly regret’ torpedoing an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean. The…
The Rubin Observatory will change the game for astronomy — if satellite companies don’t get in the way
PHOENIX, Ariz. — In June of 2025, we were greeted with a set of space images so special that one scientist even deemed them worthy of the title “astro-cinematography.” Indeed, they were unbelievable, dotted with TV-static-like dots representing millions of galaxies, printed with nebulas resembling watercolor canvases, and bursting with…
British tycoon charters £150,000 private jet to get him out of war-torn UAE (despite claiming Dubai is perfectly safe) and says ‘it’s so simple, I don’t know why everyone isn’t doing it’
A self-proclaimed property ‘guru’ who insisted Dubai is ‘safer than London’ has been mocked online after boasting he chartered a ‘£150,000’ private jet out of the emirate and telling followers: ‘I don’t know why everyone is not doing this’. Samuel Leeds, who sells controversial get-rich-quick training courses online, shared videos…
Ministers ‘bracing to bail out Brits from energy bills spike’ as ‘long haul’ Middle East crisis sends wrecking ball through Rachel Reeves’ plans
Ministers are bracing for the possibility that Brits will need to be bailed out if the Middle East crisis sends energy prices spiralling. Government insiders have insisted they ‘understand the pressure people are under’ amid concerns that the chaos is set to continue. Experts have been warning that the energy…
SARAH VINE: I’ve been playing my tiniest violin for the Dubai influencers – if you don’t pay British taxes, don’t expect the UK taxpayer to bail you out
By SARAH VINE, COLUMNIST Published: 09:04 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 10:10 GMT, 5 March 2026 It’s interesting that a lot of the influencers stuck in the Middle East are so very positive about Dubai’s government’s reaction to what’s happened. I wonder how much of that is because they…
Another country is dragged in to war as drone slams into international airport in Azerbaijan six miles from Iran’s border
By WILL STEWART and OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 09:27 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 09:40 GMT, 5 March 2026 Drones from Iran crashed and exploded Azerbaijan today, triggering an immediate warning that the country ‘reserves the right to take retaliatory measures’. The strikes risk widening the conflict, with…
Terror on the cruise ships trapped in the Gulf: Passengers and captain describe continuous explosions overhead, panicking families and sleepless nights as they await evacuation
Cruise ship passengers trapped in ports in the Gulf have described hearing non-stop explosions as panicking families are desperate to leave the region. The passengers and crews are unable to leave the ships, which have become floating hotels, after escalating hostilities raised fears over safety in the Strait of Hormuz,…
Keir Starmer ‘would have been ousted from No10’ if he had joined Trump’s air strikes on Iran – after Ed Miliband ‘led Cabinet resistance’
By JAMES TAPSFIELD, UK POLITICAL EDITOR Published: 08:25 GMT, 5 March 2026 | Updated: 08:26 GMT, 5 March 2026 Keir Starmer would not have survived backing Donald Trump’s Iran strikes, it was claimed today – after Ed Miliband spearheaded Cabinet resistance to the idea. The PM is engaged in a…