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Milky Way's two stellar halos have opposing spins

Washington, Dec. 13: We call it home, but the Milky Way can still surprise us. It does not have just one halo of stars, but two.

Hotspot under Earth’s crust dangerously melting Greenland’s ice: Experts

Washington, Dec. 13: A thin spot in the Earth's crust is enabling underground magma to melt Greenland’s ice, scientists at the Ohio State University feel.

New rubber may soon see face masks that change shape to fit any face

Washington, Dec 13: It won’t be long before there will be a face mask that may change its shape to fit any user, or a lens that does the same, for scientists have developed a new class of shape-mem

Meat-eating dino that had teeth like "steak knives" identified

Washington, Dec 13: Fossil experts have identified a new species of meat-eating dinosaur, which is larger than Tyrannosaurus Rex, from the remains found in North Africa.

The study, led by Steve Brusatte, a student at the University of Bristol in the United Kingdom, stated that the formerly unknown dinosaur, named as Carcharodontosaurus iguidensis, grew up to 45 feet long and used huge ‘steak knife’ teeth for slashing through prey.

"It was just a completely ferocious animal. The teeth of this guy were enormous. They were the size of bananas, but they were very thin teeth, " National Geographic quoted Brusatte, as saying.

The dinosaur's skull was about 5.5 feet long and was relatively lightweight given the animal's size.

Male Mozambique tilapia fish uses urine to beat off threat of competition

Washington, Dec 13: A new study has shed light on the role of male Mozambique tilapia fish’s urine in asserting their dominance over fellow members of the same sex.

'Combinatorial' approach helps catch software bugs faster

Washington, Dec 13: A group of computer scientists and mathematicians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in association with University of Texas researchers, are develo

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