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Remains of WWII-era planes, sent to Soviet Union against Nazi Germany, discovered in Ukraine
World | Jul 02, 2023, 11:36 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 12, 2017, 11:15 AM ISTScientists 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 | Oct 10, 2016, 01:55 PM ISTContrary 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 | Oct 07, 2016, 01:18 PM ISTA 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 | Oct 06, 2016, 02:14 PM ISTA 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 | Oct 03, 2016, 01:19 PM ISTA 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 | Sep 27, 2016, 02:15 PM ISTIndian 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 | Sep 16, 2016, 03:29 PM ISTThe 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 | Jul 01, 2016, 07:52 AM ISTVilnius: 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 | Jun 16, 2016, 02:38 PM ISTHonolulu: 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 | Jun 14, 2016, 01:19 PM ISTNew 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 | Aug 23, 2012, 06:35 PM ISTJakarta, 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 | Nov 17, 2010, 01:29 PM ISTA 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 | Oct 05, 2009, 04:32 AM ISTThe 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