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DNA reveals Roots author Alex Haley had Scottish blood
March 01, 2009
DNA testing has revealed Roots author Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman.Researchers found his nephew is distantly related to a woman from South Wales who has traced her lineage back to 17th Century Scotland.Haley s best-selling novel told how his mother was descended from an African man kidnapped into slavery.The DNA evidence supports anecdotes that another ancestor was a white man working on a slave plantation.The author s nephew Chris Ha..
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Chinese probe crashes into moon
A Chinese lunar probe has crashed into the moon in what Beijing has called a controlled collision.The Chang e 1 lunar satellite hit the moon s surface at 1613 local time (0813 GMT) at the end of a 16-month moon-mapping mission.China launched the spacecraft in late October 2007 on a mission to survey the entire surface of the moon.China s ever-more
Scots bird team on Syrian mission
Four Scottish conservationists are heading to Syria to search for the critically endangered sociable lapwing and bald ibis.The RSPB team will be looking for the two species in the arid deserts of Syria while promoting conservation.They team is made up of Hywel Maggs, Graham Rebecca and John Wills from Aberdeenshire and Martin Scott from the Isle of
Psychedelic fish is new species
By Lucy WilliamsonBBC News, JakartaA brightly-coloured fish which bounces along the seabed has been hailed as a new species by scientists - who have dubbed it "psychedelica".Research published in the US scientific journal Copeia says the fish was spotted by scuba divers off the island of Ambon in eastern Indonesia.It belongs to the frogfish family,
Brown sets targets for science
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set targets to increase the number of pupils in secondary school in England taking science subjects.In the next five years, Mr Brown wants to double the number of pupils taking "triple science", which includes biology, chemistry and physics.He also wants to have access to science as single subjects in 90% of schools.
Bogs oaks reveal ancient forest
The remnants of ancient forests that once covered Britain are being revealed in fields across the Fens.Conservationists say dozens of the "bog oaks" - which can be up to 40ft (12m) long - have been unearthed.The remains of a forest that existed after the ice age, the trees rotted and fell into the peat soil, providing a snapshot of ancient natural
Tree-mendous! Where is the tallest tree in the UK?
A Douglas Fir in Argyll has been named the UK s tallest tree by a team of experts, who climbed to the top.At 63.79m (209 ft) the Stronardon Douglas Fir near Dunans Castle beat the Grand Fir at Blair Castle in Perthshire to the title by more than a metre.Arborists from Sparsholt College in Hampshire have been gathering official measurements for the
Researchers identify the oldest English words
Some of the oldest words in the English and other Indo-European languages have been identified, scientists believe.Reading University researchers say "I", "we", "two" and "three" are among the oldest in use and date back as much as 40,000 years.Using a computer model, the team analysed the rate of change of words and claim they can predict which ar
Brain training devices no better than doing a crossword
People who spend money on brain trainers to keep their mind sharp may well get the same benefit from simply doing a crossword, experts conclude.Consumer group Which asked three experts to check claims made about several devices, including the Nintendo DS, on memory and staving off dementia.They found the evidence behind such claims was non-existent
More seeds for doomsday vault
Almost 90,000 food crop seed samples have arrived at the "doomsday vault" in the Arctic Circle, as part of its first anniversary celebrations.The four-tonne shipment takes the number of seeds stored in the frozen repository to more than 20 million.The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, built 130m (426ft) inside a mountain, aims to protect the world s food
New MoD tech could save lives
The Ministry of Defence has lifted the lid on its Defence Technology Plan, the latest gadgets it hopes could help equip troops in the future.Cameras that can see through dust and unmanned ground vehicles were among the devices on show on Thursday.Although still in the early stages, experts say the kit could soon be "must have devices that may help
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DNA testing has revealed Roots author Alex Haley was descended from a Scotsman.Researchers found his nephew is distantly related to a woman from South Wales who has traced her lineage back to 17th Century Scotland.Haley s best-selling novel told how his mother was descended from an African man kidnapped into slavery.The DNA evidence supports anecdotes that another ancestor was a white man working on a slave plantation.The author s nephew Chris Ha..
