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A joint team of German and Swedish researchers has identified a new species of a giant sea monster that existed on Earth about 190 million years ago. The new findings, according to experts, will improve human understanding about how ‘super predators’ might have evolved in the Jurassic period. In the 1980s, archeologists had recovered fossilized […]
The Israel Space Agency will soon invite applications from Israeli students for an internship program sponsored by NASA. NASA has designed this program, called NASA I2, for international students from more than 10 countries including Australia, Mexico, Lithuania, Jordan, South Korea, Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Space agencies of all these countries will select […]
On Wednesday, a man named Gary Askin died at McGee Mushrooms plant outside Emyvale, Co Monaghan while saving his own brother. Askin, 28, was working at this mushroom planet alongside his brother Stephen and a third worker when this tragic incident happened. The facility is run by Cornacrieve Mushrooms Limited. It is believed that Gary […]
The lucky Irish family from the Leinster area that had recently won €9.4m Lotto jackpot collected their prize on Friday. This family, who wish to remain anonymous, had bought the golden ticket on August 26th from the Spar on Talbot Street, Dublin. The next day, they discovered that they have won the jackpot. The delighted […]
Canada’s latest, largest and most powerful radio telescope started mapping the universe from September 7, 2017. This radio telescope, dubbed Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) has been built at the Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory in the south Okanagan and is expected to help astronomers and researchers better understand gravitational waves, radio bursts from pulsars […]
On Thursday afternoon, a man was hit and killed by a truck at Bells Crossing on State Highway 1 in Huntly. That person was a newly wed and was waiting for the arrival of his new bride, according to his close friends. Raj Kumar, 33, who was killed in the accident Friends was an inspirational […]
Readers of Rough Guide have named Scotland as “the most beautiful country in the world.” In its poll, travel website Rough Guide asked its readers to vote for the most beautiful and stunning country in the world, and the results revealed that the number one choice among readers was Scotland—the northern-most nation of the United […]
Researchers have found a bizarre bumpy-looking blob in the biofiltration pond in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The discovery was made last month during BioBlitz event when several citizens and scientists visited Vancouver’s Stanley Park to see the type of wildlife dwelling in the park. Some researchers spent whole day in the park and […]
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has started investigations into theft of over 15,000 bullets from a southern army base. This is the third incidence of a major theft occurring this past year despite enforcement of new security measures. “During an ammunition count at a base in the south of the country, ammunition was discovered to be missing,” […]
Maguluf Police in Spain is searching for three men who allegedly gang-raped a 19-year-old Scottish teen at a beach in Majorca. According to local media reports, the incident happened on Friday night at Punta Ballena, Magaluf, and the police were called at around 1am on Saturday. The reports said that one of the three men […]
On Tuesday, a crane collapsed on Sydney Harbour causing some damage to the famous face of Luna Park. After the crane collapsed, one of its metal wires hit Luna Park’s iconic face entrance. Luckily no one was injured in the accident. The work on the harbour site was immediately stopped after the incident. About three […]
Chicopee Police has said that they are providing extra patrols and checks around the home of Ms Mavis Wanczyk, the recent winner of $758.7 million Powerball prize. On Thursday, Ms Wanczyk was announced the winner of the biggest undivided lottery jackpot in U.S. history. Before winning the lottery, Wanczyk was working in a hospital, but immediately resigned from […]
HMS Queen Elizabeth, Britain’s new flagship aircraft carrier, has arrived at its home port in southern England. Thousands of people were present at Portsmouth Naval Base on Wednesday to welcome the 919-foot long vessel that is estimated to serve the Royal Navy for next 50 years. The ship was accompanied by a fleet of ships, […]
The International Space Station (ISS) is about to get its first supercomputer next week. This supercomputer, called the Spaceborne Computer, has been built by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) and will be launched into space on Monday aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft. HPE has built this supercomputer as a joint experiment with NASA. The life of Spaceborne […]
A new species of grass snake has been identified in Europe. This barred grass snake is scientifically named as Natrix Helvetica and was identified following genetic analysis of more than 1,600 grass snakes, including specimens stored in scientific museum. After this new finding, the number of European grass snakes species has increased to four. The […]
One more carcass of a North Atlantic right whale has been found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, taking the toll to ten. On Tuesday, Canada’s Department of Fisheries confirmed that one more carcass of a right whale has been found from the west coast of Newfoundland. This is the tenth carcass found in the […]
An amateur angler has caught a 9-feet long blue shark off the coast of Cornwall. The monster is being said to be the Britain’s biggest blue shark on record. John Dine was on a fishing trip along with his three friends when he hooked this monster. The group, from Essex, then reeled the shark and […]
Carcasses of two right whales have been found in Canada gulf, taking the death toll to nine. Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) revealed that these carcasses were found at Cape Ray and Cedar Cove. Animal conservation groups and researchers are puzzled about death of so many North Atlantic right whales in recent months. […]
A 10-year-old boy named Charlie Edwards recently spotted a dinosaur-labelling error in the Natural History Museum. He then told Museum staff about the mistake and helped them to correct it. According to Charlie, he was exploring the Dino Snores exhibit in the museum when he saw a sign displaying an egg and a full dinosaur, […]
A British diver was recently able to capture the footage of a rare megamouth shark species near Komodo Island in Indonesia. British diver Penny Bielich’s encounter with the shark happened while he was exploring the diving spot in Gili Lawa of Komodo Island, Indonesia. Samata Luxury Liveabroad (@samataluxury) then uploaded the video on Youtube. “Yesterday, […]
A woman in Hampshire felt highly embarrassed when she called an inspector from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) to catch a massive spider lurking in her home, but the spider was later found to be nothing more than a plastic toy. An RSPCA inspector, Nikki Denham, had quickly arrived […]
A huge 40-tonne adult humpback whale was recently filmed by a diver and underwater cameraman in the Indian Ocean, and according to the person, the whale was literally jumping out of the water. A report published by website Boredpanda stated that the video was shot by Craig Capehart, a scuba diver, while he was sitting […]
Real Madrid is close to clinch a world deal with Monaco for teenage striker Kylian Mbappe for €180 million (US$210 million), according to some reports. Mbappe shot to stardom last season, and is currently under contract at Monaco until 2019. Last season, he scored 26 goals and added eight assists to help Monaco crowned Ligue […]
Prime Minister Office in Singapore has launched an online contest for the public to attend National Day Rally of 2017. The contest was launched on Wednesday, Jul 26, 2017. The Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s office, in a Facebook post, invited people to submit the photos of a smart device/program that has improved their life […]
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