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Study reveals how Titanosaurs, earth’s biggest land animals, survived so long

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Museum visitors walk beneath the skeleton of Patagotitan mayorum as it goes on display as part of the new ‘Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur’ exhibit at Natural History Museum in London, Britain April 1, 2023. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters You’re probably familiar with classic sauropod dinosaurs – the four-legged herbivores famous…

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AI has a large and growing carbon footprint

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A Copilot page showing the incorporation of AI technology is shown in London, Tuesday, February 13, 2024. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP Given the huge problem-solving potential of artificial intelligence (AI), it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think that AI could also help us in tackling the climate crisis. However, when we consider the energy…

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The Science Quiz | Non-classical states of matter

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Large Natural Rough Crystal Diamonds. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Questions: 1. This state of matter refers to solids that lack long-range order – i.e. some sort of relationship between parts of the solid across (relatively) long distances in the bulk. Many volcanic eruptions leave behind rocky formations in this state, as…

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Nobel laureates sound alarm as Argentina cuts science funding

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei attends the opening session of the 142nd legislative term, at the National Congress, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 1, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Sixty-eight Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine, economics, and physics sent a letter on Wednesday to Argentine President Javier Milei voicing concern that cuts to science and technology…

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Patagonia cave paintings are earliest found in South America

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A general view of the oldest dated cave art in South America, with nearly 8,200 years old, at the Huenul 1 cave, in Neuquen, Argentina March 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Archaeologists have discovered the earliest dated cave paintings in South America in Argentine Patagonia, dating back 8,200 years. The 895 paintings were found…

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Webb Telescope Discovers Earliest-known ‘dead’ galaxy

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A false-color image obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) shows the galaxy JADES-GS-z7-01-QU, the universeÕs earliest-known “dead” galaxy, a galaxy that has stopped star formation, in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters. | Photo Credit: Reuters The James Webb Space Telescope since becoming operational in 2022 has uncovered numerous surprises about what…

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Stone tools in Ukraine offer oldest evidence of humans in Europe

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This photo provided by researcher Roman Garba shows a heavily weathered flake artifact at the Korolevo I archaeological site in western Ukraine in August 2023. Stone tools found in the area are the earliest evidence of early human presence in Europe, dating back to 1.4 million years ago, according to research published in the journal…

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The Hindu Morning Digest, March 08, 2024

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Seamstress Tove Lycke works on NATO flags, at the flag manufacturer Flagghuset, in Akersberga, outside Stockholm, Sweden, March 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS INS Kolkata assists two merchant vessels hit in Gulf of Aden Indian Naval destroyer INS Kolkata responded to two instances of missile/drone attacks on merchant vessels in the last few days. On…

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TIDCO bets big on space sector, signs MoU with IN-SPACe

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Officials and representatives of the organisations at the memorandum signing event. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation Limited (TIDCO) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IN-SPACe, a single-window nodal agency for all space sector activities of non-government entities (NGE) in India. The MoU was signed in the presence of…

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