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World’s oldest DNA sequenced from a mammoth that lived more than a million years ago
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A tooth from a mammoth that roamed the Siberian steppe more than a million years ago has yielded the world's oldest DNA sequence. It's the first time that DNA has been recovered from animal remains more than a mill...
Jackie Weaver, Britney Spears and a local coup d’état: A breakdown of the world’s worst Zoom call
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London Was the Zoom meeting of the century called illegally? Had all participants read and understood the standing orders? En, die belangrikste, did Jackie Weaver have the authority to kick Handforth Parish Council'...
‘Shift’ to plant-based diets is key to saving world’s wildlife
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The global food system is the primary driver of biodiversity loss and species extinction, and a shift to plant based diets is needed to curb the damage being done to nature, according to a new report. Biodiversity, ...
World’s first face and hands transplant gives New Jersey man a second chance at life
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It's been more than two years since Joe Dimeo could smile. In Julie 2018, Dimeo, 20 op daardie stadium, fell asleep at the wheel of his car on Route 22 in New Jersey. He lost control, and the car hit the curb, flipping over...
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...
Chinese-Canadian alleged drug kingpin, accused of running one of the world’s biggest methamphetamine cartels, is arrested in Amsterdam
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A Chinese-born alleged drug kingpin accused of presiding over a multi-billion dollar narcotics operation has been arrested by Dutch authorities. Canadian national Tse Chi Lop was detained at Amsterdam's Schipol Inte...
Blaze at facility of world’s biggest vaccine maker kills 5 mense
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Nieu-Delhi, India A fire that broke out at a facility of the world's biggest vaccine maker that killed five people would not affect vaccine production, the head of the company said Thursday. The blaze at the Serum Ins...
Dinosaur fossils could belong to the world’s largest ever creature
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Experts have uncovered the remains of a gigantic dinosaur in Argentina, and believe it could be one of the largest creatures to have ever walked the Earth. Paleontologists discovered the fossilized remains of a 98 ...
The world’s top environmental organizations are still predominantly White, vind 'n nuwe verslag
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The movement for a cleaner, greener world has grown increasingly popular as the climate crisis has worsened, and organizations such as Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund, now household names, have raised millions to...
Ireland has the world’s highest Covid-19 rate. How did it go so wrong?
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Cork, Ireland When Ireland came out of a strict six-week lockdown in December it had one of the lowest levels of Covid-19 cases in Europe. Sedertdien, the situation has dramatically unraveled. The country recorded th...
‘Wêreld se ongelukkigste inbrekers’ in hegtenis geneem nadat die polisie die sak gebuit het tydens roof
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Londen Twee ongelukkige inbrekers is in die Verenigde Koninkryk in hegtenis geneem nadat hulle per ongeluk die polisie in hul sak gebring het. 'N Offisier in Staffordshire, sentraal Engeland, gemerk die diewe die "wêreld se ongelukkigste burg ...
Verenigde Koninkryk word die eerste wêreldwye entstof wat Oxford / AstraZeneca-entstof uitbrei namate die gevalle toeneem
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Londen Die Verenigde Koninkryk het Maandag die eerste nasie geword wat mense geënt het met die Oxford / AstraZeneca-koronavirus-entstof, met die land se gesondheidsekretaris wat die dag as 'n "regte bier ...
2020 was 'n verskriklike jaar. Maar die wêreld is in 'n beter vorm as wat u sou dink
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Londen in 2020, 'n verwoestende virus het amptelik van die vasteland verdwyn wat dit eens vernietig het -- 'n besonderse prestasie op die gebied van openbare gesondheid wat gevolg het op dekades se werk. Maar u het dit miskien gemis. Die uitwissing van ...
Die wêreld se kwesbaarste konflik in die gesig staar, Covid-19 en klimaatsverandering in 2021, verslag sê
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Optimisme oor 2021 kom in ryker uithoeke van die wêreld na vore, met beide die Verenigde State en die Verenigde Koninkryk begin Covid-19 inentings en ander lande naby. Maar vir baie lande, die lang ...
The world’s largest wetlands are on fire. That’s a disaster for all of us
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The world watched as California and the Amazon went up in flames this year, but the largest tropical wetland on earth has been ablaze for months, largely unnoticed by the outside world. South America's Pantanal reg...
‘Genius Dog Challenge’ kicks off to determine whether 6 of the world’s smartest dogs can learn new names
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Simply put, they are the world's top dogs. Researchers from Hungary are holding the Genius Dog Challenge, which pits six of the world's smartest dogs against one another to show who is able to best learn the names o...