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Painting stripes on cows to lizards' pizza pick: Ig Nobel winners
AFP, Published on 20/09/2025
» PARIS - Painting zebra stripes on cows to fend off flies, lizards' favourite pizza toppings and how booze helps you speak another language: these were some of the winners at the Ig Nobel prizes, which celebrate the sillier side of science.
'Appetite for drumsticks': First prey found in a tyrannosaur stomach
AFP, Published on 09/12/2023
» PARIS - Prey has been discovered inside the stomach of a tyrannosaur skeleton for the first time, scientists said Friday, revealing that the mighty dinosaurs had an "appetite for drumsticks" when they were young.
Scientists have overlooked the snake clitoris, until now
By Alex Fox of the New York Times, Published on 14/12/2022
» NEW YORK: You’ve probably seen a snake’s forked tongue, but it’s not the slithering animal’s only forked body part. Male snakes sport forked genitals called hemipenes that look a bit like pink cactuses and often have spines to match.
Nile is in mortal danger, from its source to the sea
AFP, Published on 02/11/2022
» ALTY (SUDAN): The pharaohs worshipped it as a god, the eternal bringer of life. But the clock is ticking on the Nile.
Cambodian officials, conservationists call for end to wildlife consumption
Xinhua, Published on 23/10/2022
» MONDULKIRI, Cambodia: Officials and conservationists in Cambodia on Saturday called for an end to wildlife consumption, saying that the wildlife consumption demand was a major driver for poaching, snaring crisis and illegal trade.
New breed of video sites thrive on misinformation and hate
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2022
» A day after a mass shooting in Buffalo, New York last May, the video-sharing website BitChute was amplifying a far-right conspiracy theory that the massacre was a so-called false flag operation, meant to discredit gun-loving Americans.
Carbon pawprint: Is man's best friend the planet's enemy?
AFP, Published on 20/03/2021
» PARIS: Is your adorable puppy as bad for the planet as a gas-guzzling SUV?
Big-screen Marvel action shifts to Disney+ with 'Falcon and Winter Soldier'
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» LOS ANGELES - "Avengers: Endgame" just lost its crown as the biggest box office hit of all time, but the Marvel superhero spectacular still looms large over parent company Disney's plans for the small screen as well as re-opening theaters.
Reptiles vulnerable to unscrupulous pet trading
AFP, Published on 30/09/2020
» PARIS: More than a third of reptile species are bought and sold online in often-unregulated international trade, researchers said Tuesday, warning of the impact on wild populations of a pet market that puts a bounty on rare and newly discovered animals.
Monster munch: Ancient marine reptile died after dining on fellow titan
AFP, Published on 21/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - More than 230 million years ago, a giant, dolphin-like marine reptile known as an ichthyosaur devoured its final meal -- a creature almost its own size -- then died a short time later.