Yet another new species of life has been discovered. This time, it is an invertebrate animal. All credit goes to the Hebrew University scientists in Jerusalem, Israel. This species was found at a site of excavation already opened for some other…
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The quake struck Java has by now witnessed a death of more than 5,800. Aid in large quantities has started flowing into the affected areas, with mobile medical team deployed on the outskirts of Yogyakarta. Roads have got congested, which in turn are…
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How do frogs cling to surfaces even with wet feet? This has always remained a mystery. It is only recently that scientists found that tree frogs has toe pads covered in tiny bumps, and this can directly touch a surface creating friction. This direct…
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In the 1980s and 1990s, the Mesopotamian marshes of Iraq were devastated by the Hussein regime’s campaign to ditch, dike, drain, and burn them. Since 2003, they are left destroyed. Nature, took its own heed to restore it. It got reflooded, and…
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Scientists have been adding on fearful after-effects of global warming. Here is another reason for one to worry of increasing temperature of the planet – it will lead to more and itchier poison ivy! Yes, that is what the researchers reported on Monday..
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The summer temperatures across Pakistan are shooting up, with mercury levels reaching 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) in some parts of Punjab! The month-long spell of the extreme heat has already killed at least 90 people. Most of them,…
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Warnings for the first tropical storm of the eastern Pacific season – Aletta have been lifted, as the storm moved out farther to the sea. Aletta could bring along with it, heavy rainfall along with flash floods and mudslides to the mountainous coast….
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Up to 85% of Britain’s songbirds are already lost! Not hunting, but grey squirrels and wild cats along with predatory birds like sparrow-hawks, are turning their lives havoc, according to a study. Predatory animals have joined hands with modern…
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Two days have passed, but the quake is still having its merciless effects on the hard-hit heavily populated districts of central Java, Indonesia. Death toll has nearly reached the 5000 mark, leaving 4,000 injured – according to the country’s Social…
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The Indonesian earthquake that rocked the southern coast of central Java island early Saturday, has by now killed more than 2,700 people, injuring thousands more. More and more injured people are being brought to the city’s main hospital. Buses and…
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