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ANCIENT WATERING HOLE
In 1994, two visitors hiking through the Badlands noticed bones weathering from the ground and uncovered an ancient watering hole filled with fossilsHikers in 1994 stumbled upon fossils in Badlands National Park. This accidental find revealed the Big Pig Dig, an ancient watering hole. Ov...
Scientists discover ancient Antarctic fish fossil with a perfectly preserved skullA remarkable fish fossil from Antarctica offers a clear view of early evolution. Koharalepis jarviki, a 380-million-year-old specimen, reve...
How Do Alligators Breathe When Lakes Freeze? The Winter Survival Trick Scientists Call ‘Ice Snorkeling’Winter brings a surprising sight in parts of the southeastern United States. Alligators appear stuck in frozen lakes, but this is a clever ...
Earth’s Forgotten Collisions: Where Ancient Impact Craters Have Been HidingBeneath Earth's seemingly calm surface lie hidden scars from colossal asteroid impacts. These ancient craters, buried by ice, sediment, and...
A Massive “Gravity Hole” in the Indian Ocean Is Finally ExplainedScientists have finally explained the Indian Ocean Geoid Low, a massive gravity anomaly south of India. New research reveals this 'gravity ...
Scientists Finally Explain the Mysterious ‘Gravity Hole’ in the Indian OceanA decades-old mystery of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean is solved. Scientists found ancient ocean remnants sank deep into Earth's mantl...
What is pulling the Indian Ocean down? Scientists solve 75-year-old mystery of the massive 'gravity hole'Scientists have possibly solved the mystery of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low, a large gravity anomaly discovered in 1948. They believe it is c...
Which is world's oldest computer, dating back to second century BC? What were its functions and how was it found? Details hereResearchers have claimed that the Antikythera mechanism, the world's oldest computer, was designed to analyze gravitational waves or ripple...
Beypore-made 11th century heritage vessel 'Uru' to be displayed in Qatar during FIFA 2022India may not have qualified for next year's FIFA World Cup, but it will be represented during the mega-sporting event by a replica of a tr...
Solo-travel or family vacation: Plan the world's most amazing ecologically-conscious tripsSustainable ways to travel are most preferred by new-age travellers:
Parivar videos in Karnataka seek answers from Congress ministersThe makers claimed that the video on Shivakumar has received over one lakh hits on Facebook, while that on Siddaramaiah got over 50,000 hit...
'Brexit 1.0' happened 450,000 years ago: StudyResearchers from Imperial College London in the UK and colleagues have worked out how a thin strip of land that once connected ancient Brit...
Pluto may have giant icy volcanoes: NASAThe two cryovolcano candidates are large features measuring tens of kilometres across and several kilometres high, NASA said.
Embracing nature: Some of the best national parks across the worldTreat your kids to a holiday that is informative, innovative and memorable. Take them to some of the best national parks.
Share a passion for diving? Head to Belize Coral Reef or the Mafia IslandBelize is situated on the Caribbean mainland coast of Central America and lives up to its reputation as one of the region’s best diving des...
Drought may have led to collapse of Mayan civilisationAlthough the findings are not the first to link a drought to Mayan culture's demise, new results strengthen case that dry periods were inde...
10 startup projects that were ahead of timeThere were many ancient mechanical marvels that were way ahead of their time. Here's is a list of some of them.
- Port city of Alexandria, beacon of the ages
Alexandria's ancient lighthouse may have been long destroyed but the Egyptian city by the Mediterranean continues its millennial quest to i...
Oils well that ends wellLet’s examine this whole natural-artificial divide for a moment. Why, for instance, is a daisy growing on a hillside considered more beauti...
- Call of the wild
Safaris are by now pretty predictable, and our morning game drive through Bandipur National Park began on that note: sightings of cheetal, ...