“When we look at Ice Age 10, we can very clearly predict when Ice Age 9, 8, 7 and 6, and so on, all happened,” Nuber said. Researchers came up with this method by looking at “astronomical ...

triggering the start and end of eight ice ages, new research suggests. The new study revealed an "amazing correlation" between Earth's tilt and ice sheet formation, said lead author Stephen Barker.

Slush ice drinks containing glycerol, popularly called slushies, are harmful to children under eight years of age, doctors warn in a new study after a string of hospitalisations in the US and the UK.