Sun 05 December 2021: Fossils of a herd of 11 dinosaurs have been discovered for the first time in Italy, which will be a treat for various paleontologists. This treasure trove also contains the largest and most complete dinosaur skeleton ever discovered in the country. Isolated dinosaur remains have been unearthed in Italy during the […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: Two hippos at the Antwerp Zoo in northern Belgium have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the zoo. “The national veterinary laboratory of Sciensano (national public health institute of Belgium) just confirmed the laboratory test results: two hippos Imani and Hermien contracted COVID-19,” Zoo Antwerpen said in a statement on Friday […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: As more countries report cases of the Omicron variant, misinformation about the virus spreads at an alarming rate. Untruths, unverified messages, and conspiracy theories about the virus’s “planned” have resurfaced. A movie poster titled ‘The Omicron Variant: The Day The Earth Was Turned Into A Cemetery (sic)’ has gone viral with […]
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Sat 04 December 2021: Sometime after Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in modern-day Mexico City in 1521, an indigenous household that survived the bloody Spanish invasion arranged an altar including incense and a pot with human ashes. The remains of that elaborate display have been unearthed by archaeologists near what is today […]
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Wed 01 December 2021: According to the new Worldwide Cost of Living rating released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, an analytical division of the UK’s Economist Group, Israel’s Tel Aviv has surpassed Paris and Singapore as the most expensive city in the world. “The EIU’s 2021 WCOL index, which tracks the cost of living in […]
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Thu 02 December 2021: The dress sword used by Napoleon Bonaparte when he attempted a coup in 1799 will be auctioned off this weekend, along with five other weapons owned by the French emperor, according to US auctioneers. The lot is valued between $1.5 million to $3.5 million and will be auctioned off by the […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: The word ‘vaccine’ has beaten out ‘insurgency’ as Merriam-word Webster’s of the year for 2021. Compared to 2019, when there was little urgency or chatter about vaccines, Merriam-Webster logged an increase of 1,048% in lookups this year. Debates over inequitable distribution, vaccine mandates and boosters kept interest high, Sokolowski said. So […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: The test would avoid the ‘years of trial and error’ that currently characterise diagnosis and treatment of mental health conditions. A blood test using RNA markers is offering new hope to people with mood disorders such as depression in what could be a significant breakthrough in the diagnosis of mental health […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: One of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation stated on Friday that a team of experts discovered a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru’s central coast. The mummified remains belonged to a person from the South American country’s civilisation that flourished between the shore and […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: Visitors to Lake Manitoba in Canada were greeted with a pleasant surprise when they witnessed a rare phenomenon that happens only every few years around the world. The weather conditions appear to have become favorable for the formation of thousands of slush balls along the massive lake’s shore. “I’ve seen pancake-shaped […]
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