A report by a global aviation data firm has revealed the ‘shocking’ impact of worldwide Covid-19 travel restrictions on aviation. The report, by Cirium, shows that the pandemic and its consequences wiped out 21 years of global aviation growth in a matter of months, reducing passenger numbers this year to levels last seen in 1999. … Read more
A new report sheds light on early settlers of the Caribbean Islands, one of the last places in the Americas to be inhabited by humans. After a massive genetic analysis of hundreds of individuals, researchers believe the region’s first inhabitants were wiped out by a second wave of colonists arriving from South America more than … Read more
Nearly £40bn wiped off value of British companies as ‘sorry cocktail’ of coronavirus and Brexit worries spook financial markets By Hugo Duncan for the Daily Mail Published: 22:21 GMT, 21 December 2020 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 21 December 2020 Nearly £40billion was wiped off the value of British companies yesterday as a ‘sorry cocktail’ of … Read more
Fascinating graphs reveal how some of the deadliest and most infectious diseases in human history were all-but wiped out after vaccines were developed to fight them. Smallpox, measles and polio together killed hundreds of millions of people throughout human history, while leaving many millions more with life-long disfigurements or disabilities. But with the help of … Read more
Scientists have long theorized that dinosaurs were on the decline before the catastrophic asteroid impact wiped them out 66 million years ago –but new study suggests the prehistoric beasts may have been thriving. Previous works used fossil records to assess diversity of dinosaurs, but researchers in the latest study say how bones are preserved and … Read more
£12bn wiped off Netflix with fewer new customers signing up to the streaming service over the summer By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 21 October 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 21 October 2020 More than £12billion was wiped off the value of Netflix last night after fewer customers joined the streaming … Read more
More than £800m wiped off Boohoo’s stockmarket value as auditor quits following sweatshop scandal By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 07:35 BST, 20 October 2020 | Updated: 07:35 BST, 20 October 2020 More than £800million was wiped off Boohoo’s stockmarket value after it confirmed it has been ditched by its auditor following revelations … Read more
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest is one of the two great military humiliations in the glittered history of the Roman Empire. Between 15,000 and 20,000 Roman soldiers and their commanders, led by Publius Quinctilius Varus, a general under the emperor Augustus, were destroyed by Germanic warriors in a series of guerrilla-style attacks. The soldiers … Read more
The Indus Valley civilisation was wiped out by climate change, a new study claims. What caused the demise of the once-great civilisation is a long-standing mystery, but researchers tracking historical monsoon patterns may have found an answer. It is thought the society, which existed at the same time as ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, thrived in … Read more
Human hunters were not responsible for killing off the woolly rhino, according to a new study of the extinct creature’s genome that found climate change is to blame. Experts from Stockholm University sequenced ancient DNA taken from 14 woolly rhinoceros fossils to find out the state of their population near the end of their existence. … Read more