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444-Million-Year-Old Inside-Out Fossil Without Head And Legs Found In South Africa
Two fossils of an ancient arthropod named Keurbos susanae have been discovered in South Africa. The creature lived 444 million years ago during the Late Ordovician period. Its soft tissues, including muscles and guts, were found preserved but its shell, legs and head were missing. Researchers believe the species lived in low-oxygen conditions. The ...
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Webb Telescope Tracks Formation and Expansion of Carbon-Rich Dust Shells in Star System
As per the latest report by NASA, the system consists of two stars in an elongated orbit. When these stars come closest, their stellar winds collide, compressing material and forming carbon-rich dust. As reported in an official press release by NASA, Emma Lieb, a doctoral student at the University of Denver and the study's lead author, noted that t...
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Ukraine Says Around 50 Russians Killed Or Injured In Shelling Attack
Around 50 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in a long-range Ukrainian artillery attack, Kyiv's military said on Wednesday in a rare instance of Ukraine claiming to have inflicted major casualties in a single incident.
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Back-To-Back Attacks In Syria, Including In Capital Damascus, Kill 27
A rare bombing against an army bus in Damascus and a shelling moments later of a town in rebel-held northwestern Syria killed at least 27 people Wednesday in the deadliest flareup in months.
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Shell-Shocked: Rare Snail Loses Out In Love Triangle
A lovelorn snail who failed to find a mate because of his unusually-shaped shell hit the headlines in Britain on Thursday after two potential partners got together and left him to share in parenting duties.
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Pak Admits 7 Soldiers Killed In Indian Fire At Line Of Control (LoC) , Warns Of Escalation
In a rare admission of casualties, the Pakistani army has today said that seven of its soldiers were killed by Indian shelling overnight.
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As An Alternative To Pellet Guns, Rajnath Singh Approves Use Of PAVA Shells In Kashmir
Use of chilli-filled grenades as an alternative to pellet guns, which will be used in rarest of rare cases, was cleared today by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for crowd control ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation led by him to restive Kashmir tomorrow.
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North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Orders Army to Enter 'Wartime State'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing from Friday, as military tensions with South Korea soared following a rare exchange of artillery shells across their heavily fortified border.
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Khuzaa in Gaza, Where Homes are Flattened and Mosques Lie in Pieces
With its spacious villas and palm-lined streets, the town of Khuzaa in southern Gaza gave Palestinians a rare place to spend their free time before it was bombed and shelled to rubble last month.
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1500 World War II-era shells found in US
A team of divers claimed to have found a cache of roughly 1,500 live ammunition scattered in a bay here more than 50 years ago following an accident. Scattered under only 20 feet of water were eight World War II-era copper artillery shells designed to shoot down airplanes, and about 1,500 large-caliber machine-gun shells designed to explode on cont...
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444-Million-Year-Old Inside-Out Fossil Without Head And Legs Found In South Africa
Two fossils of an ancient arthropod named Keurbos susanae have been discovered in South Africa. The creature lived 444 million years ago during the Late Ordovician period. Its soft tissues, including muscles and guts, were found preserved but its shell, legs and head were missing. Researchers believe the species lived in low-oxygen conditions. The ...
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Webb Telescope Tracks Formation and Expansion of Carbon-Rich Dust Shells in Star System
As per the latest report by NASA, the system consists of two stars in an elongated orbit. When these stars come closest, their stellar winds collide, compressing material and forming carbon-rich dust. As reported in an official press release by NASA, Emma Lieb, a doctoral student at the University of Denver and the study's lead author, noted that t...
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Ukraine Says Around 50 Russians Killed Or Injured In Shelling Attack
Around 50 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded in a long-range Ukrainian artillery attack, Kyiv's military said on Wednesday in a rare instance of Ukraine claiming to have inflicted major casualties in a single incident.
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Back-To-Back Attacks In Syria, Including In Capital Damascus, Kill 27
A rare bombing against an army bus in Damascus and a shelling moments later of a town in rebel-held northwestern Syria killed at least 27 people Wednesday in the deadliest flareup in months.
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Shell-Shocked: Rare Snail Loses Out In Love Triangle
A lovelorn snail who failed to find a mate because of his unusually-shaped shell hit the headlines in Britain on Thursday after two potential partners got together and left him to share in parenting duties.
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Pak Admits 7 Soldiers Killed In Indian Fire At Line Of Control (LoC) , Warns Of Escalation
In a rare admission of casualties, the Pakistani army has today said that seven of its soldiers were killed by Indian shelling overnight.
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As An Alternative To Pellet Guns, Rajnath Singh Approves Use Of PAVA Shells In Kashmir
Use of chilli-filled grenades as an alternative to pellet guns, which will be used in rarest of rare cases, was cleared today by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for crowd control ahead of the visit of an all-party delegation led by him to restive Kashmir tomorrow.
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North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Orders Army to Enter 'Wartime State'
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un ordered his frontline troops onto a war-footing from Friday, as military tensions with South Korea soared following a rare exchange of artillery shells across their heavily fortified border.
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Khuzaa in Gaza, Where Homes are Flattened and Mosques Lie in Pieces
With its spacious villas and palm-lined streets, the town of Khuzaa in southern Gaza gave Palestinians a rare place to spend their free time before it was bombed and shelled to rubble last month.
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1500 World War II-era shells found in US
A team of divers claimed to have found a cache of roughly 1,500 live ammunition scattered in a bay here more than 50 years ago following an accident. Scattered under only 20 feet of water were eight World War II-era copper artillery shells designed to shoot down airplanes, and about 1,500 large-caliber machine-gun shells designed to explode on cont...
