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Study shows dinosaurs were 'hit at their peak' by asteroid

Study shows dinosaurs were ‘hit at their peak’ by asteroid

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The age of the dinosaurs ended in cataclysm on a spring day 66 million years ago when a 12 km wide asteroid hit Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, causing the extinction of these remarkable beasts and about three quarters of the Earth. species. But were the dinosaurs already endangered, with failing diversification …

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Car-sized dinosaur-era sea turtle fossils discovered in Spain

Car-sized dinosaur-era sea turtle fossils discovered in Spain

November 17 (Reuters) – Criss-crossing the subtropical seas that lapped the coasts of the archipelago that made up Europe 83 million years ago, was one of the largest turtles on record, a reptile the size of a small car – a Mini Cooper to be precise – that braved treacherous waters. Researchers on Thursday described …

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NASA is preparing for the third launch attempt of the Artemis lunar rocket

NASA is preparing for the third launch attempt of the Artemis lunar rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Nov 15 (Reuters) – Ground crews at Kennedy Space Center prepared on Tuesday for a third test launch of NASA’s massive next-generation moon rocket, the first flight of NASA’s Artemis lunar program the American space agency, 50 years after the last Apollo lunar mission. The 32-story Space Launch System (SLS) rocket was …

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Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods

Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods

KERKENNAH ISLANDS, Tunisia, Nov 13 (Reuters) – A decade ago, Tunisian fisherman Ahmed Chelli’s nets were swollen with fish and octopus he sold at the local market in the Kerkennah Islands. Today he pulls nothing but “ISIS” – the name locals have given to the blue crabs that have invaded their fishing grounds in the …

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