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Category: Nature

The World’s Most Diverse Discovery

An ‘unprecedented’ 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have recently been found on a stretch of Australia’s remote coastline in the Kimberley region, with scientists dubbing it the nation’s Jurassic […]

Study: Neanderthals Used Aspirin, Penicillin

Scientists, who have studied the oldest dental plaque from our nearest extinct relatives, say that Neanderthals used primitive versions of aspirin and penicillin to treat themselves 40,000 years ago. Researchers […]

Climate Change: Koalas Feeling The Heat

Australia’s koalas are standing on their hind legs for more than 10 minutes at a time to gulp water at drinking stations as rising temperatures and rainfall disruption drive the […]

Global Warming: France’s Noble Gesture

At a time when climate change and global warming are reshaping the Earth’s poles, a new museum in France aims to “freeze the beauty of polar landscapes”. The centre in […]

Fossils Likely To Rewrite The Tree Of Life

Fossils discovered recently in the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh, a good 400 million years older than the oldest plant-like fossils ever found, suggest that the complex organisms appeared […]

Where Have All The Birds Gone

Climate change is creating a peculiar problem in the Arctic tundra. A warmer earth means a shrubbier Arctic. But too many shrubs, which are too tall, are chasing away the […]

Second Earth In New Solar System!

Finding a ‘second Earth’ may be a matter of ‘when’ than ‘if’, say scientists who have recently found a solar system of seven planets with the potential to host life. […]