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Australia Approves First Vaccine To Protect Koalas From Chlamydia
A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a move that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered marsupial.
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Hidden Reason Behind Portugal’s Deadly Earthquakes Finally Explained
Portugal has faced devastating earthquakes for centuries, including the 1755 Lisbon disaster. Scientists now link these events to oceanic plate delamination beneath the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain. This surprising discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, explains why quakes strike far from fault lines and improves future preparedness in Portugal and ...
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"Dead Men Walking": Why Iran Has Moved Its Nuclear Scientists Into Hiding
In June, Israeli strikes killed several top commanders and six nuclear scientists of Iran. The strikes targeted Iran's nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic weapon.
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Unique Eggs Help Scientists Identify Insect Species In Australia Weighing As Much As Golf Ball
In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country.
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Flooded Escape Tunnels Trapped Pahalgam Killers. Forces Hunted Them Down
An all-nighter by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, scientists working through the night, a special plane from Srinagar to Chandigarh, and test-firing to match bullet casings -- it took all of this to confirm that Pahalgam terrorists are dead
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How Pigs, High-Tech Tools Can Help In Search For Mexican Drug Cartel Victims
First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them.
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Watch: Killer Whales Recorded Sharing Food With Humans
Scientists found 34 instances where the killer whales approached a human with a range of food items.
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Dead NASA Satellite Relay 2 May Have Caused Mysterious 2024 Radio Burst
In June 2024, a mysterious 30-nanosecond radio burst baffled scientists — until they traced it back to a surprising source: Relay 2, a NASA satellite offline since 1967. Researchers believe the signal could have been triggered either by a micrometeorite impact or an electrostatic discharge. The discovery, detailed in a new preprint study, highlig...
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Feather-Legged Lace Weaver Spider Uses Toxic Silk Instead of Fangs to Kill Its Prey
A recent study reveals the feather-legged lace weaver spider doesn’t inject venom but instead kills by coating its prey with regurgitated toxins on silk. Despite lacking venom glands and ducts, this unique method proves equally lethal and may redefine how scientists understand spider evolution and prey capture strategies, according to findings pu...
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Missing Padma Shri Scientist Subbanna Ayyappan Found Dead In Karnataka River
Subbanna Ayyappan, 70, was an agriculture and fisheries (aquaculture) scientist, and was the first non-crop scientist to head the ICAR.
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Coldest Exoplanet Orbiting A Dead Star Found By Scientists
Scientists said it was the first intact exoplanet to have been found in the forbidden zone of a star.
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Strange Fast Radio Bursts Emerge from an Ancient Dead Galaxy, Baffling Scientists
Scientists have detected mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) from the outskirts of an 11 billion-year-old dead galaxy. This discovery challenges the belief that FRBs primarily originate from young, star-forming galaxies. Researchers suspect the bursts may result from colliding stars or a collapsing white dwarf. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mappi...
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Mysterious Brain Disease Found in Dead Great White Sharks Along Atlantic Coast
A series of unexplained great white shark deaths along the North American Atlantic Coast has sparked scientific investigations. The first case, recorded in August 2023, revealed brain inflammation in a shark found in Prince Edward Island. Further cases showed similar patterns, with experts struggling to determine the cause. Some scientists suggest ...
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DNA Analysis Reveals Killers Of Great White Shark Found Mysteriously Dead On Beach
Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event".
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Tahlequah, The Grieving Orca, Loses Another Calf, Carries Dead Body Around
Scientists were hopeful that the calf, known as J61 would survive, despite the health complications but the situation turned pear-shaped quickly.
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Australia Approves First Vaccine To Protect Koalas From Chlamydia
A vaccine to protect Australia's koalas against chlamydia has been approved for the first time, a move that scientists believe could stop the spread of the deadly disease that has ravaged populations of the beloved endangered marsupial.
-
Hidden Reason Behind Portugal’s Deadly Earthquakes Finally Explained
Portugal has faced devastating earthquakes for centuries, including the 1755 Lisbon disaster. Scientists now link these events to oceanic plate delamination beneath the Horseshoe Abyssal Plain. This surprising discovery, published in Nature Geoscience, explains why quakes strike far from fault lines and improves future preparedness in Portugal and ...
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"Dead Men Walking": Why Iran Has Moved Its Nuclear Scientists Into Hiding
In June, Israeli strikes killed several top commanders and six nuclear scientists of Iran. The strikes targeted Iran's nuclear facilities, ballistic missile factories and military commanders to prevent Tehran from developing an atomic weapon.
-
Unique Eggs Help Scientists Identify Insect Species In Australia Weighing As Much As Golf Ball
In a remote rainforest in Australia, home to deadly snakes, spiders and creepy-crawlies, scientists have discovered a new species of stick insect they believe is the heaviest ever found in the country.
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Flooded Escape Tunnels Trapped Pahalgam Killers. Forces Hunted Them Down
An all-nighter by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, scientists working through the night, a special plane from Srinagar to Chandigarh, and test-firing to match bullet casings -- it took all of this to confirm that Pahalgam terrorists are dead
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How Pigs, High-Tech Tools Can Help In Search For Mexican Drug Cartel Victims
First the scientists dress dead swine in clothes, then they dispose of the carcasses. Some they wrap in packing tape, others they chop up. They stuff the animals into plastic bags or wrap them in blankets. They cover them in lime or burn them.
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Watch: Killer Whales Recorded Sharing Food With Humans
Scientists found 34 instances where the killer whales approached a human with a range of food items.
-
Dead NASA Satellite Relay 2 May Have Caused Mysterious 2024 Radio Burst
In June 2024, a mysterious 30-nanosecond radio burst baffled scientists — until they traced it back to a surprising source: Relay 2, a NASA satellite offline since 1967. Researchers believe the signal could have been triggered either by a micrometeorite impact or an electrostatic discharge. The discovery, detailed in a new preprint study, highlig...
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Feather-Legged Lace Weaver Spider Uses Toxic Silk Instead of Fangs to Kill Its Prey
A recent study reveals the feather-legged lace weaver spider doesn’t inject venom but instead kills by coating its prey with regurgitated toxins on silk. Despite lacking venom glands and ducts, this unique method proves equally lethal and may redefine how scientists understand spider evolution and prey capture strategies, according to findings pu...
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Missing Padma Shri Scientist Subbanna Ayyappan Found Dead In Karnataka River
Subbanna Ayyappan, 70, was an agriculture and fisheries (aquaculture) scientist, and was the first non-crop scientist to head the ICAR.
-
Coldest Exoplanet Orbiting A Dead Star Found By Scientists
Scientists said it was the first intact exoplanet to have been found in the forbidden zone of a star.
-
Strange Fast Radio Bursts Emerge from an Ancient Dead Galaxy, Baffling Scientists
Scientists have detected mysterious fast radio bursts (FRBs) from the outskirts of an 11 billion-year-old dead galaxy. This discovery challenges the belief that FRBs primarily originate from young, star-forming galaxies. Researchers suspect the bursts may result from colliding stars or a collapsing white dwarf. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mappi...
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Mysterious Brain Disease Found in Dead Great White Sharks Along Atlantic Coast
A series of unexplained great white shark deaths along the North American Atlantic Coast has sparked scientific investigations. The first case, recorded in August 2023, revealed brain inflammation in a shark found in Prince Edward Island. Further cases showed similar patterns, with experts struggling to determine the cause. Some scientists suggest ...
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DNA Analysis Reveals Killers Of Great White Shark Found Mysteriously Dead On Beach
Scientists said the presence of killer whale DNA on the great white shark was the result of a "true predation event".
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Tahlequah, The Grieving Orca, Loses Another Calf, Carries Dead Body Around
Scientists were hopeful that the calf, known as J61 would survive, despite the health complications but the situation turned pear-shaped quickly.
