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Authorities on their toes after bizarre auction of $95,000 Dinosaur Tail in Mexico
Moroccan Authorities are going gaga over the bizarre auction of a 160 million-year-old Moroccan dinosaur tail, suspecting a potential attempt of trafficking a rare Moroccan dinosaur fossil. The fossil put up for auction in Mexico was sold to an anonymous buyer at approximately $95,000, or 1.8 million Mexican pesos. The authorities have opened an urgent investigation whether the […]
Researchers decode the mystery of Egyptian ‘brother mummies’; They had different fathers
The two ancient mummies which were previously thought as original brothers are not actually original brothers rather they are half-brothers. The latest study has revealed that the Two Brother mummies have different fathers but same mothers. The mystery behind these two brother mummies has finally been cracked, and it has been confirmed from DNA sequencing […]
DNA test confirms two mysterious ‘brother mummies’ had different fathers
A long-believed speculation turned out false after a recent DNA test that revealed the 4000-year-old mummies from Egypt were actually related on the mother side with two different fathers. These popular mummies were nicknamed as “Two Brothers” by the officials at the museum in which they were kept. The DNA test revealed that the mummies […]
Mysterious weather activated bacteria lead to death of ‘200000 Endangered Saigas’
A mysterious mass death of 200,000 endangered Saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan happened in the month of May in 2015. Scientists from all over the globe were baffled by the sudden demise of such a large fraction of the Saiga. They just collapsed on the ground and died all of a sudden which led to the […]
Marine animal based ‘Bioluminescence’ detected in chameleons
Apart from the usual change in colors of the skin to communicate, chameleons also have the property of displaying fluorescent colors as discovered by scientists in a recent study. It was a common misunderstanding that chameleons change colors to avoid predators and mingle in the background, but this is not the case. It is just […]
13-Foot-Long dinosaur tail up for auction in Mexico to raise funds
Two major earthquakes shook the territory of Mexico while damaging numerous schools and properties on September 2017. To raise funds for the reconstruction of these schools, Mexico planned a fundraiser with the sale of a dinosaur’s tail discovered in Morocco. The fundraiser was conducted on the night of 16th January. The tail was about 13-foot-long […]
Theoretical physicist gets awarded in the 2018 Blavatnik Awards
The Blavatnik Family Foundation established the Blavatnik Awards in the year 2007. The awards were introduced in the U.S. to support and honor the exceptional work of young scientists and engineers in the beginning of their career below or equal to the age of 42 which was regulated by the New York Academy of Sciences. […]
Let it out, because stifling a sneeze can lead to a ruptured throat
You might be in the middle of a very important meeting or a place with pin-drop silence, but holding a sneeze can be dangerous to health. In recent events, a man from Britain aged 34 learned his lessons the hard way around after he had to stay in a hospital bed for about two weeks. […]
Prehistoric dinosaur with ‘Rainbow’ colors and feather like hummingbirds
A recent discovery announced by scientists involves a dinosaur that is crow-sized and resembles a bird with feathers that house numerous colors. The remains of this dinosaur from the northeastern section of China have been estimated to be 161 million years old that thrived in the Jurassic Period. The dinosaur was named ‘Caihong’ which is […]