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Enormous PINK manta ray dubbed Inspector Clouseau is spotted off the coast of Australia

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Manta rays are believed to be some of the most intelligent creatures in the ocean and have several traits and studies to support this claim. The large fish belong to a order known as Myliobatiformes which includes stingrays and other similar species and is a group closely related to that of sharks and are characterised by … Read more

Scientists discover a ‘consciousness switch’ in the brain

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Scientists discover a ‘consciousness switch’ in the brain that triggers waking when it is zapped with electricity and ‘could even bring people out of comas’ Brain area called the central lateral thalamus found to activate consciousness Electrode with 50Hz of electricity woke monkeys from general anaesthetic  When the electricity was turned off the monkey went straight … Read more

Iron Age temple near Jerusalem challenges the Biblical claim that Solomon’s Temple stood alone

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An Iron Age temple discovered at Tel Motza, near Jerusalem, calls into question the Biblical claim that Solomon’s temple was alone in the ancient Kingdom of Judah. Solomon’s Temple — which is also known as the First Temple — stood from the 10th Century BC until its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II in 586 BC. According to … Read more

Virgin Galactic moves spaceship VSS Unity to Spaceport America in New Mexico

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Commercial space flight company Virgin Galactic is a step closer to taking paying passengers into space as it moves its main spaceship to Spaceport America. The spaceship, also known as SpaceShip 2 Unity, was transferred to the New Mexico space launch centre on top of the carrier aircraft, VMS Eve. The flight from the development … Read more

Critical rainfall belt ‘at risk of shrinking due to global warming’ 

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Billions of people could be at risk from droughts, as global warming threatens to shrink a tropical belt providing critical summer rain, warns a new study. Researchers say droughts in Central America result from the contracting of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), a critical rainfall belt near the equator.  An international team of scientists looked … Read more

Ancestors of modern birds became warm blooded very early in their evolution 

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The ancestors of modern birds living in Canada 75 million-years-ago became warm blooded very early in their evolution, a study of dinosaur eggshells revealed. Experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yale University studied the chemical bonds of the shells to find the body temperature of the animal inside. They wanted to discover exactly … Read more

Researchers create a working dictionary of 1,500 dance moves that bees use to communicate

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Researchers build a working dictionary of 1,500 dance moves that bees use to communicate with each other while flying in formation Scientists in Minnesota studied two bee colonies in reconstructed prairieland They found the bees used a complex system of dance ‘waggles’ to communicate The bees communicated about pollen location, direction, distance and more By … Read more

Survey of billions of stars in the Milky Way ‘could have captured signs of intelligent life’

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Survey of billions of stars in the Milky Way ‘could have captured signs of intelligent life’ — and amateur astronomers are being encouraged to search for them SETI Institute experts are developing state-of-the-art ways to detect signs of life These ‘technosignatures’ might be laser emissions or structures orbiting stars The search will be piggybacking on the Very … Read more

Instagram testing a ‘Latest Posts’ feature that mimics the platform’s original layout

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Instagram is testing a ‘Latest Posts’ feature that mimics the platform’s original layout by letting users see the newest posts first ‘Latest Posts’ is a recently discovered test from Instagram The prototype lets users organize posts so that the most recent appears first This hearkens back to how the platform was originally designed Instagram says … Read more