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  Remains of WWII-era planes, sent to Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, discovered in Ukraine

  World | July 02, 2023 23:36 IST

  The Hawker Hurricane fighters played a crucial role in defeating the attempts of Nazi Germany to invade the United Kingdom, shooting down over half of the enemy aircraft in the Battle of Britain, in a campaign led by the Royal Air Force (RAF).

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  World's oldest emoji invented by Slovakian lawyer in 17th century

  World | July 12, 2017 11:15 IST

  Scientists have found what they believe is the world's oldest emoji - a smiley face scrawled in a legal document dating back to 1635. A lawyer reviewing municipal account documents in a village next to

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  Scientists discover new Jurassic marine reptile species in Britain

  World | October 10, 2016 13:55 IST

  Contrary to the popular perception of ‘Jurassic’ meaning only dinosaurs and their kind, scientists in Britain have identified a new species of marine reptiles that lived alongside the huge reptiles that Steven Spielberg made popular

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  Brazilian scientist discovers 25-metre-long dinosaur, possibly the biggest ever

  World | October 07, 2016 13:18 IST

  A 25-metre-long fossilised vertebrae of a dinosaur, possibly the biggest of the reptile species to have walked the earth, discovered by Brazilian paleontologist Llewellyn Ivor Price in 1950 has now been officially declared as a

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  Australian scientists discover new colourful tree frog species in Queensland

  World | October 06, 2016 14:14 IST

  A new species of the green tree frog have been discovered by scientists in Australia's largest virgin forest in Queensland. Named Litoria bella, or the Cape York Graceful Treefrog, has distinctive orange hands, feet

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  SEE PIC! Researchers discover world's ‘largest’ dinosaur FOOTPRINT in Mongolia's Gobi Desert

  World | October 03, 2016 13:19 IST

  A team of researchers from Japan and Mongolia claim to have discovered the world’s largest dinosaur footprint belonging to Titanosaur species in Mongolia's Gobi Desert. This is not the first time that such footprints have

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  Researchers name newly discovered lizard species after THIS Indian scientist ( See Pics )

  India | September 27, 2016 14:15 IST

  Indian scientist Dr Varad B Giri has earned the rare distinction of getting a new species of a ground-dwelling lizard discovered in Goregaon's Aarey Colony and Thane's Badlapur forested belts, 130 years after the last

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  First Indigo dye fabric discovered 6,000 years ago in THIS country

  World | September 16, 2016 15:29 IST

  The oldest indigo-dyed fabric commonly used in modern jeans was first discovered in Peru around 6,000 years ago. Researchers at George Washington University said that the source of the blue pigment was unknown until this

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  Researchers discover escape tunnel used by Jewish prisoners to escape Nazi captors

  World | July 01, 2016 7:52 IST

  Vilnius: A group of researchers have discovered the location of a tunnel that was dug with spoons by Jewish prisoners to escape their Nazi captors during the second world war. According to researchers – a

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  Three new species of fish discovered by scientists in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

  World | June 16, 2016 14:38 IST

  Honolulu: Researchers while on 25-day research expedition of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands have discovered three probable new species of fish. Researchers on Wednesday came up with news species of

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  Google celebrates blood group discoverer Karl Landsteiner’s 148th birthday with doodle

  India | June 14, 2016 13:19 IST

  New York: Google is today celebrating the 148th birthday of Karl Landsteiner with a wonderful interactive doodle. Born on June 14, 1868 in Vienna, Austria, Landsteiner went on to become a noted biologist and

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  Near-toothless rat discovered in Indonesia

  World | August 23, 2012 18:35 IST

  Jakarta, Aug 23: A unique species of near-toothless rat that lives off earthworms and doesn't chew or gnaw has been seen in Indonesia.The shrew-like animal with a long, pointed snout was described online in this

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  2,600 Year Old Buddhist Temple Discovered By Chinese Mining Firm In Afghanistan

  World | November 17, 2010 13:29 IST

  A Chinese company digging an unexploited copper mine in Afghanistan has unearthed a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery, says a Daily Mail report. Archaeologists are rushing to salvage what they can from the major seventh century

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  Giant Size Plant Fossils Discovered Near Jodhpur

  India | October 05, 2009 4:32 IST

  The largest non-carbonaceous plant fossils, 140 times bigger than today's algae species, have been discovered in western Rajasthan, opening a new window for understanding evolution of life on earth.A team of researchers from the University