Movies love a comeback story. This summer, it's their turn.

This summer at the movies, Tom Cruise is back in the cockpit behind those iconic aviators. Doctors Grant, Sattler and Ian Malcolm are returning for another round with the dinosaurs. Natalie Portman is picking up Thor's hammer. And Jordan Peele is poised to terrify us with the unknown. Again.

Entertainment 05 May, 2022

Footprints show some two-legged dinosaurs were agile

An analysis of dinosaur tracks from 120 million years ago unearthed in Spain adds to growing evidence that these meat-eating prehistoric beasts belonging to the same group as Tyrannosaurus rex could be highly agile.

Science and Tech 10 Dec, 2021

NASA launches test mission of asteroid-deflecting spacecraft

A spacecraft that must ultimately crash to succeed was launched late on Tuesday from California on a NASA mission to demonstrate the world's first planetary defense system, designed to deflect an asteroid from a potential doomsday collision with Earth.

Science and Tech 24 Nov, 2021

Nepal's capital of trees at the crossroads: Save the botanical heritage

Towards the south eastern Tarai in Jhapa district lies a forest patch known as Jalthal forest. Jalthal is remnant of what once was the lush, dense and continuous Charkoshe forest of southern Nepal.

Opinion 03 Nov, 2021

Some dinosaur migration was delayed by climate, study shows

Plant-eating dinosaurs probably arrived in the Northern Hemisphere millions of years after their meat-eating cousins, a delay likely caused by climate change, a new study found.

Science and Tech 17 Feb, 2021

New Patagonian dinosaur may be largest yet: Scientists

BUENOS AIRES, JANUARY 22 Scientists have unearthed massive, 98-million-year-old fossils in southwest Argentina they say may have belonged to the largest dinosaur ever discovered. Human-sized pieces of fossilised bone belonging to the giant...

Mobile & Apps 23 Jan, 2021

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SANTIAGO:  Chilean and Argentine researchers have unearthed teeth in far-flung Patagonia belonging to a mammal that lived 74 million years ago, the oldest such remains yet discovered in the South American country, the Chilean Antarctic...

Mobile & Apps 12 Jun, 2020

South Africa dehorns dozens of rhinos to prevent lockdown poaching surge

Absence of tourists may be encouraging rhino poachers On World Environment Day, species extinction a hot issue Dehorning makes rhinos less attractive to poachers PILANESBURG: South Africa has dehorned dozens of rhinos in three popular...

Art & Culture 05 Jun, 2020

Fossilised stomach contents show armoured dinosaur's leafy last meal

WASHINGTON: In a forest rebounding after a wildfire 110 million years ago, an armoured dinosaur devoured a meal of tender ferns in western Canada before suffering a sudden death - perhaps drowning in a river or a flash flood - and being washed out...

Mobile & Apps 04 Jun, 2020

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WASHINGTON: The dreaded dinosaur Allosaurus was the scourge of the Jurassic Period landscape some 150 million years ago, an apex predator just as Tyrannosaurus rex was 80 million years later during the Cretaceous Period. And, like T...

Mobile & Apps 28 May, 2020

Ancient marine crocs adapted like whales to ocean life - only earlier

WASHINGTON: A wondrous lineage of crocodile relatives that developed into fast-swimming seagoing predators at a time when dinosaurs dominated the land adapted to life in the open ocean with a pivotal evolutionary modification also present in...

Mobile & Apps 21 Apr, 2020

�Wonderchicken� fossil reveals ancestor of today�s birds

NEW YORK:  A tiny fossil skull nicknamed “Wonderchicken” is giving scientists a rare glimpse at early ancestors of today’s birds. It may be the oldest known fossil from this group. With a face like those of today’s chicken-like birds and a...

Mobile & Apps 19 Mar, 2020