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World's beaches eroding in protected marine areas: Study |
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Washington | Thursday, 2018 12:45:05 PM IST |
| The world's sandy shorelines are declining in protected marine areas which could threaten plant and animal species and cultural heritage sites, a global survey of beaches with satellites data from NASA and the US Geological Survey shows. ... read.. |
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New book draws parallels between human body and change |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2018 3:15:05 PM IST |
| Charting the dynamism of human body and mind, writer-doctor Gavin Francis traces the linkage between mankind and its inevitable transformation in his book "The Shapeshifters: On Medicine and Human Change". ... read.. |
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Origins of pottery traced to Japan: Study |
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London | Wednesday, 2018 10:50:54 AM IST |
| The origins of ceramic production can be traced to Japan and closely linked with intensified fishing at the end of the last Ice Age, finds a study, shedding light on how prehistoric hunter-gatherers processed and consumed foods over this period. ... read.. |
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Scientists discover new 'Maghalayan age' in Earth's history |
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London | Wednesday, 2018 10:45:05 AM IST |
| Geologists have classified the last 4,200 years as being a distinct Earth age and are calling it a new chapter -- the "Meghalayan Age" -- the onset of which was marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. ... read.. |
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Google Doodle honours Georges Lemaitre's Big Bang theory |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2018 12:15:04 PM IST |
| Google on Tuesday dedicated an animated Doodle to Belgian cosmologist Georges Lemaitre who in 1927 propounded the Big Bang theory when he theorised that the universe began as a single point and expanded to become as big as it is now. ... read.. |
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Tree shrews violate mammal rules! |
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Washington D.C. [USA] | July 16, 2018 10:11:28 AM IST |
| Tree shrews, a species closely related to primates, seems to violate the mammal rules as they tolerate spices unlike other members of their species. ... read.. |
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Dinosaurs more calorie-conscious than humans! |
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Washington DC, [USA] | July 15, 2018 11:11:33 PM IST |
| Vegetables consumed by herbivore dinosaurs 150 million years ago had a higher nutritional value than the ones human beings consume in the polluted environment of the 21st century. ... read.. |
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