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New bird species discovered in Peru

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 20:37

A new small, black-coloured bird species, with an unusual voice, has been discovered in the remote Andes Mountains of central Peru.

Archaeologists find 1.4-mn-year-old flint knife in Spain

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 14:57

Excavation work at an archaeological complex in northwestern Spain has unearthed a small flint knife that was made 1.4 million years ago.

Good literature certainly does have an impact on the way you look at life: Aparna Sen

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 11:51

The beauty with the brains spoke about the people who have moulded her into the person she is now and much more.

New York’s Lake George set to become world’s ‘smartest lake’

Last Updated: Saturday, June 29, 2013, 16:34

A joint scientific research project is seeking to turn New York’s Lake George into the “smartest lake” in the world.

2 Slovaks among those killed in Pakistan mountains

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 26, 2013, 18:09

Slovakia`s government says two Slovak nationals were among the 10 foreign climbers who were killed over the weekend by Islamic militants at the base of one of the world`s tallest mountains in northern Pakistan.

Prehistoric rock art hides a cosmological puzzle

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 18:36

Pieces of rock art that dot the Appalachian Mountains in the US were strategically placed to reveal a cosmological puzzle suggesting a conceptual universe, a new study claims.

Eight ancient sites discovered in Mexico

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 29, 2013, 18:59

The discovery took place in the rocky recesses of the Sierra del Mayor south of Mexicali, capital of Baja California, after three years of explorations with the collaboration of the Cocopah Indians.

Two new lizard species discovered in Peru

Last Updated: Sunday, March 24, 2013, 16:41

Scientists have discovered two new species of lizards, with colourful splotches of green and brown on their bodies, in the Peruvian rain forest.

33000-year-old skull may be of oldest ancestor of dogs

Last Updated: Thursday, March 7, 2013, 18:33

Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth found in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia in 1975 has confirmed that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern domesticated dog, researchers say.

Russian meteor damage estimated at over $30 mn

Last Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013, 10:51

Russian authorities estimate that the meteor that entered the Earth`s atmosphere and exploded in the sky over the Ural Mountains region caused more than $30 million in damage.

Russia sends clean-up team to meteorite-hit Urals

Last Updated: Saturday, February 16, 2013, 13:25

As part of a rescue and clean-up operation after the meteor strike, which injured around 1,200 people, a 20, 000-strong team has been sent to the Ural region. <br><br>

Over 1,000 injured as 10-ton meteorite hits Russia

Last Updated: Friday, February 15, 2013, 13:14

Over 1,000 people, including more than 200 children, were injured Friday in a freak incident when a meteor weighing about 10 tons streaked across the sky above Russia`s Ural Mountains.