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Study reveals how Titanosaurs, earth’s biggest land animals, survived so long
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
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…
Nobel laureates sound alarm as Argentina cuts science funding
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
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
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
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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Why cooling earth by reflecting sunlight back isn’t a bright idea
The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to controversial technologies intended to mask the heating effect of greenhouse gases by reflecting some sunlight back to space. Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations Environment Assembly this week considered a resolution on solar radiation modification, which refers to…
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Why a tiny gravity measurement may be a leap forward for physics
Just over a week ago, European physicists announced they had measured the strength of gravity on the smallest scale ever. In a clever tabletop experiment, researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, the University of Southampton in the UK, and the Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies in Italy measured a force of around 30 attonewtons on a…
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What ended the ‘dark ages’ in the early universe? Webb telescope finds clue
Which stars produced the light that ended the dark ages and triggered this so-called “epoch of reionisation”? Image for Representation. | Photo Credit: AP About 400,000 years after the Big Bang, the cosmos was a very dark place. The glow of the universe’s explosive birth had cooled, and space was filled with dense gas –…
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