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Computer hacker Gary McKinnon “has no choice” but to refuse a medical test to see if he is fit to be extradited to the US because the expert chosen by the UK government had no experience with Asperger’s syndrome which he suffers from.

Computer hacker Gary McKinnon “has no choice” but to refuse a medical test to see if he is fit to be extradited to the US, his mother has said.

Janis Sharp said it was “an impossibility” because the expert chosen by the Home Office had no experience with Asperger’s syndrome.

Mr McKinnon, from north London, admits hacking US military computers but says he was looking for evidence of UFOs.

If he is [...]

Study of semi-fossilised trees gives accurate climate reading back to 138BC
World was warmer in Roman and Medieval times than it is now

How did the Romans grow grapes in northern England? Perhaps because it was warmer than we thought.

A study suggests the Britain of 2,000 years ago experienced a lengthy period of hotter summers than today.

German researchers used data from tree rings – a key indicator of past climate – to [...]

Bones found by plumber working on a swimming pool in January
Belonged to a boy, 10, and man believed to be of Inca origins

Skulls found buried in a Florida back yard have been dated to 1200-1400 AD, authorities said yesterday.

The skulls, of a man and ten-year-old boy, were believed to be from Peru or another region of South America almost 900 years ago.

The bones were found at a home in Winter [...]