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World’s smallest dinosaur is as big as hummingbird 

The world’s smallest dinosaur has been discovered, and it’s stuck in a Burmese amber.  About 99 million years ago, a “super weird” and incredibly small bird-like dinosaur got stuck in a gob of tree resin that eventually hardened into amber, preserving what may be the tiniest dinosaur ever known to live on Earth, researchers of […]
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Earth has a new moon! 

Our planet has a new moon, and it’s the size of a car! Earth has captured a tiny object and pulled it into orbit. What is it? The asteroid, known as 2020 CD3, is only the second asteroid known to orbit Earth.  Its mass is roughly 6-11 feet in diameter. And while it won’t last, […]
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NASA accepts application for new astronauts, visit to mars and moon 

For the first time in more than four years, NASA began accepting applications for future astronauts. Aspiring Moon to Mars explorers can apply till March 31. The call for more astronauts comes at a time when the agency is preparing to send the first woman and next man to the Moon with the Artemis program. […]
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Sikkim’s bamboo bottles are true plastic alternatives 

In a bid to combat plastic pollution, Lachen, a town in Sikkim has introduced bamboo water bottles for tourists as a replacement for plastic water bottles.  With this, Lachen becomes the first town in our country to completely get rid of packaged drinking water bottles. It has been more than eight years that Lachen became […]
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Animal that doesn’t require oxygen! 

Scientists have just discovered that a jellyfish-like parasite doesn’t have a mitochondrial genome – the first multicellular organism known to have this absence. That means it doesn’t breathe; in fact, it lives its life completely free of oxygen dependency. The discovery though made by accident, isn’t just changing our understanding of how life can work […]
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China plans new space station 

China is planning to make a new space station. The programme would be launched in April. A Long March 5B rocket will carry a “trial version” of China’s new spaceship, which is designed to carry crews of up to six people. Previous Chinese spaceships carried up to three taikonauts, the term used to describe Chinese […]
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Jetman soars Ironman style! 

The flying humans would be a reality soon, and that too Ironman style! Daredevil Vince Reffet soared into the skies above Dubai in the latest “Jetman” stunt. He took off from the ground and climbed to 1,800metres (nearly 6,000 feet) in a feat similar to that of Marvel’s Iron Man. Reffet and his collaborators, known […]
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This plastic gold is as pure as your original gold 

Gold is the most-loved metal around the world. As nice as it looks in a watch or ring, pure gold would get too heavy for everyday wear, so it’s often lightened up with alloys. Now, by mixing it with plastic instead of other metals, researchers at ETH Zurich have created a new form of gold […]
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Bullied for a year, girl develops anti-bullying app 

A 9-year-old girl from Meghalaya’s capital Shillong has created an ‘Anti-Bullying App’ which will help children report their bullies anonymously and alert their teachers, guardians, and friends. Meaidaibahun Majaw, a Class 4 student from Nonghymmai created the app after she herself faced repeated bullying by other students. “I have experienced bullying in school since kindergarten. […]
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Jellyfish or a robot? 

With bionic arms and super energy, these creatures may seem to have emerged from a sci-fi novel. But wait, these are real, and developed by our very own earthen scientists.  A cyborg California scientists looking for new ways to explore the world’s oceans have created a cyborg jellyfish — half animal, half robot — that […]