Peter Batstone
Recent articles by Peter Batstone
A brief history of Nintendo consoles
Nintendo are one of the big three when it comes to games consoles, and on the announcement of the new Nintendo Switch we look at their hits (and the odd miss as well).
Early human shows signs of right-handedness
Cut marks on teeth suggest human evolution developed handedness 1.8 million years ago.
Ancient DNA holds clues to Higgs Bison cave painting mystery
Ice Age cave artists painted elusive hybrid bison 15,000 years ago.
First singing birds lived over 66 million years ago
Oldest-found fossilised Vegavis iaai syrinx suggests birds were singing as long ago as when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.
Naked mole-rat pain resistance puzzle solved
They might not be the prettiest, but naked mole-rats have an extraordinary tolerance to pain, and a new study might have worked out why.