The most detailed, high-resolution map of Antarctica has been produced for the first time. More than a thousand images taken by the Landsat 7 satellite have been meticulously woven together by the NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Golden,…
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The new finding of dino bones surprisingly reveals that the genomes of both the birds and the dinosaurs are short, defying the earlier fining that relatively shorter genomes were associated with flight, researchers now say.
The distinction between…
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With ‘eco-friendly’ being the happening lifestyle buzzword presently, we are aware of eco-friendly cars, lightbulbs, tourism, shopping bags etc. – but eco-friendly sex!
Can’t the lovers get mindful about saving the planet during fits of passion?…
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After 30 years of disappearance, the rare butterflies of Australia have been spotted once again in the Northern Territory. It is at the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park on the Cobourg Peninsula, lying on the north-east of Darwin, the northern Argus…
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It is no more only the century-old fact that a beehive buzzing changes when the queen bee is removed. Scientists have discovered a ‘living’ alarm system to warn against toxins in the honeybees!
The honeybees are found to be highly sensitive to…
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The majestic ivory-billed woodpecker, believed extinct for more than 60 years, still exists. To prove this, a sharp-eyed robot is on job for about four months.
The camera-lined robot has been mounted to a power line high above the bayou in eastern.
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There are various parameters to measure the impact of global warming at the Arctic – one of these is the reclusive spider living there, besides the better-known predators such as polar bears, according to a researcher.
Though the effects of…
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The suspicion that extremely heavy rainfall events are increasing has been confirmed by NASA with the help of a new technique. Two-thirds of the Earth is covered by oceans. Thus, it has been estimated that oceanic rainfall relies on satellite remote..
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Can you guess, what is the most instantaneous known muscle in the animal kingdom? Its tongue! Yes, it is the powerful tongue of the giant palm salamander of Central America, which can be shot out more instaneously than any muscle ever known,…
It is well known that the blue whales, deep below the surface of the ocean, sing. But why? It is for the first time, scientists think they have an answer to this — As they feed, the whales send out calls to let each other know where they are! Each group.
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