Tools
5 essential gardening tools and accessories for summer
Weeding, watering and garden waste can all be tackled.
Early humans used expert woodwork skills to make hunting weapons – study
Analysis of a stick, found in Schoningen in Germany three decades ago, showed it was scraped, seasoned and sanded before being used to kill animals.
Anne Hailes: Having the right tools makes a big difference
How many of us have had a brilliant idea that will take the world by storm but we never follow up on it?
Stone Age discovery fuels mystery of who made early tools
In the past, scientists assumed that our direct ancestors were the only toolmakers.
Digital tools to use climate data to better predict infectious disease outbreaks
The £22.7 million funding will allow these projects to analyse where and when deadly disease outbreaks are likely to occur.
Gardening: How to declutter your garden shed in five easy steps
YOU may have cleared up the garden for winter, but chances are you put most of the stuff in your shed, from flower pots and bamboo canes to rusty, duplicated tools and half-used compost bags.
Ancient tools ‘reveal clues about gendered roles in European farming societies’
Analysis of 400 stone objects from graves across Europe showed men and women were equal contributors to their community, researchers said.
Humans ‘evolved ability to teach when they began to rely on complex tools’
When early humans developed more complex tools, natural selection began to favour those who could teach, scientists said.
Gardening: Seven gadgets to make summer watering easier
SUMMER means a lot of watering, deadheading and feeding, but spending endless hours untangling kinked hosepipes to water pots, flower borders and vegetable plots, can seem a thankless task.
Stone tools suggest earlier human presence in North America – study
Scientists reported on artefacts found in a mountain cave in the state of Zacatecas in north-central Mexico.