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New whale species discovered in Mexico
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Scientists working off the western coast of Mexico say they have found a previously unknown species of whale. Three beaked whales were spotted last month by a team of scientists working with the Sea Shepherd Conserv...
Hoe 2 teenagers discovered 4 scientifically valuable exoplanets
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Kartik Pinglé and Jasmine Wright haven't graduated from high school yet. But they've already discovered four new exoplanets and co-authored a peer-reviewed paper. Their paper about the newly discovered planets, wat ...
Mastodon fossil discovered in Colombian gold mine
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Bogota (Reuters)Fossils of a mastodon, a giant prehistoric relative of today's elephants, have been discovered at an artisanal gold mine in central Colombia in a find which researchers say could herald a trove of sim...
Bodies of rich man and slave discovered within Pompeii ruins
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Archaeologists have discovered the exceptionally well-preserved remains of two men scalded to death by the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD, the Italian culture ministry sa...
Mysterious untreatable fevers once devastated whole families. This doctor discovered what caused them
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It's an ancient disease that may have evolved to confer protection against the plague -- but until 20 jare terug, it had scientists and doctors flummoxed. They couldn't explain why those afflicted, often in the same ...
Lost German warship discovered on seabed 80 years after sinking
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A German warship sunk by a torpedo during World War II has been found on the seabed off Norway, more than eight decades after it was attacked. Statnett, the Norwegian state-owned power grid operator, made the asto...
A tiny boat was discovered on a remote beach 27 years after it was launched by teachers
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A mystery from Lake Superior has been solved, after a tiny boat ended up on the remote shores of one of the Great Lakes. The red, white and blue vessel was found at a remote area on Apostle Islands National Seashor...
Police seek suspect after human remains discovered in rural southern Colorado
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Denver Colorado authorities have issued a warrant for homicide in connection with the discovery of human remains in rural southern Colorado, het die polisie Woensdag gesê. Local and state authorities announced they had found...
Tropiese rifvisse, 81, is die oudste wat wetenskaplikes ooit ontdek het
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Wetenskaplikes het ontdek wat volgens hulle die oudste tropiese rifvis is wat oral ter wêreld aangeteken is -- 'n 81-jarige snapper van middernag wat aan die kus van Wes-Australië gevang is. Die agtvisvis, wat is ...
Mexican archaeologists identify the first Mayan slave ship to have ever been discovered
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Archaeologists in Mexico have confirmed that a shipwreck discovered off the coast of the Yucatan peninsula once carried captured Mayans who were sold into slavery. It is the first Mayan slave ship ever discovered, a ...
Capitol Police investigating after congressman discovered carrying a gun when attempting to go on the House floor
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US Capitol Police are investigating an incident in which a Republican lawmaker was stopped from bringing a concealed gun onto the House floor on Thursday, bronne aan CNN gesê, the first time a member of Congress has be...
A newly discovered chameleon less than an inch long could be the world’s smallest reptile
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The smallest known reptile in the world can fit on your fingertip. It's known as Brookesia nana, of "nano-chameleon," and it's a blotchy brown lizard that usually doesn't surpass an inch in body length. Voorheen 2012...
A man fell to his death while taking pictures on a cliff in Arizona. Authorities discovered other remains while recovering his body
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A 25-year-old man died on Sunday after falling off a cliff at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona, die Nasionale Parkdiens (NPS) gesê. While authorities were recovering the man's body, they also discov...
New organ in the human throat may have been discovered by Dutch scientists
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It's hard to imagine there is a part of the human body that's gone unnoticed by doctors after centuries of medical research. But that's exactly what a group of scientists from the Netherlands believe. They said they...
Iridescent snake with shimmering scales discovered in Vietnam
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In 2019, American and Vietnamese scientists were researching biodiversity in the jungles and mountains of Vietnam when they stumbled upon a strange-looking snake. It was dark and iridescent, its scales shifting thro...
New ‘sea dragon’ species discovered by amateur fossil hunter off English coast
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A British fossil hunter has found a previously unidentified "sea dragon" on the southern English coast. Steve Etches unearthed the well-preserved ichthyosaur fossil in limestone on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. He t...