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Meet Tanyka: A 275-million-year-old ‘weirdo’ with sideways teeth found in Brazil, considered as living fossil
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (485+ words) A bizarre prehistoric creature with a twisted jaw and sideways-pointing teeth lived in ancient waters around 275 million years ago. Scientists said it was already considered a "living fossil" even in its own time. Researchers recently identified the strange animal from…...
Water-bottle sized Dinosaur: Scientists identify one of the world’s smallest dinosaurs from 95-million-years ago
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (350+ words) Scientists have identified the fossil of an extremely small dinosaur. This roughly the size of a water bottle that lived alongside giant prehistoric predators nearly 95 million years ago. The species, named Alnashetri cerropoliciensis, was discovered in fossil-rich deposits in Patagonia,…...
AC gas leak scam: Know this before agreeing to a gas refill during service
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (426+ words) Summer is here, and that usually means it's time to get your air conditioner serviced. And almost every time, there's one familiar line you'll hear from the technician: "Sir, AC ka gas leak hai. Refill karna padega." The real issue…...
Kolkata earthquake: Strong tremors felt across West Bengal capital, nearby districts; epicentre in Bangladesh
1+ week, 15+ hour ago (15+ words) Kolkata earthquake: Strong tremors felt across West Bengal capital, nearby districts; epicentre in...Moneycontrol.com...
A 650-foot mega-tsunami shook the Arctic — Satellites captured waves that made the Earth tremble for 9 days
1+ week, 18+ hour ago (20+ words) A 650-foot mega-tsunami shook the Arctic " Satellites captured waves that made the Earth tremble for 9...Moneycontrol.com...
NASA spots stunning heart-shaped pink lake from the International Space Station
1+ week, 3+ day ago (354+ words) A satellite image has revealed a vast pink, heart-shaped salt lake in Argentina, highlighting how shifting water, salt and microbes shape landscapes visible from orbit. The lake, known as Salinas Las Barrancas, lies in Buenos Aires province. It stretches nearly…...
307-million-year-old plant-eater: Scientists found "Tyrannoroter heberti" could be the first plant eating animal
1+ week, 4+ day ago (449+ words) A tiny creature, smaller than a football, is rewriting the understanding of early land life. Tyrannoroter heberti, a 307-million-year-old tetrapod whose fossilised skull reveals one astonishing secret that it dined on plants. Until now, scientists believed plant-eating on land evolved…...
Astonishing Spinosaur unearthed in the Sahara reveals a skull crest unlike any seen before
2+ week, 14+ hour ago (191+ words) A new species of Spinosaurus has been discovered in the Saharan desert of Niger, revealing an unusual skull crest and offering fresh clues about how these giant predators once lived. A New Spinosaurus Emerges From the Sahara Palaeontologists uncovered the…...
A giant hidden gravity hole under antarctica is expanding and Earth’s interior may be driving it
2+ week, 1+ day ago (264+ words) Scientists report that a vast gravity dip beneath Antarctica is intensifying, shaped by deep mantle movements over millions of years, according to new research published in Scientific Reports. Antarctic Geoid Low and Earth's Gravity Field Gravity reflects how mass spreads…...
Meet Bavariscyllium: This 25-centimetre shark that lived 150 million years ago forced scientists to re-think shark evolution
2+ week, 1+ day ago (495+ words) Sharks have been surviving on Earth for hundreds of millions of years. One of the best examples is the Greenland shark, known for its extraordinary lifespan." Around 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic period, a small shark swam through…...