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Visitors enraged after China aquarium showcases robotic whale shark

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Visitors can be seen admiring the robotic whale shark at the Whale Shark Aquarium of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, China. — Reuters/File China’s Xiaomeisha Sea World has gathered public attention for showcasing a life-sized robotic whale shark instead of a real...

Swedish minister says meeting rooms should be made 'banana free'

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The combination of images reflects a picture of Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg and a bunch of bananas, compiled in the context of her allergy with bananas. — AFP/File Bananaphobic Swedish Gender Equality Minister Paulina Brandberg directed her...

World's largest drawing: Nigerian artist creates artwork spanning nearly 4 tennis courts

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An undated image shows the record-breaking drawing by Fola David-Tolaram, named "The Unity of Diversity", displayed at Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos, Nigeria. — Guinness World Records Fola David-Tolaram, a Nigerian doctor and artist, has broken the record for the world's largest...

World's largest coral discovered by scientists in Pacific Ocean

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A representational image showing a coral reef. — Reuters/File Scientists have discovered the largest coral ever recorded in the south west Pacific Ocean and described it to be bigger than a blue whale. The mega coral, a combination of several connected tiny creatures that...

Mysterious necklace laden with 500 diamonds fetches $4.8m in Geneva auction

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A woman wearing the 18th century diamond jewel necklace, poses during a press preview at Sotheby's auction house in Geneva, on November 7, 2024. — AFP A mysterious necklace laden with some 500 diamonds and with possible links to a scandal that contributed to the downfall of Marie...

Aga Khan's 37-carat emerald fetches nearly $9m in auction

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A Christie's employee poses with The Aga Khan Emerald during a press preview in Geneva, on November 7, 2024. — AFP A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive green...

Aga Khan's 37-carat emerald becomes as it fetches nearly $9m in auction

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A Christie's employee poses with The Aga Khan Emerald during a press preview in Geneva, on November 7, 2024. — AFP A rare square 37-carat emerald owned by the Aga Khan fetched nearly $9 million dollars at auction in Geneva on Tuesday, making it the world's most expensive green...

Comb jellyfish that reverses ageing may hold key to timeless quest for immortality

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A representational image shows a bioluminescent comb jellyfish. — X/@maximaxoo In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway have identified the comb jellyfish , a ctenophore species, as a potential candidate for biological...

World's best new building for 2024 unveiled — but it's not a skyscraper

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An undated image shows students playing at the Darlington Public School in Chippendale, Sydney, Australia. — Instagram/@fjcstudio A small suburban school in Chippendale, Sydney in Australia beat iconic skyscrapers, museums and airport terminals to be crowned...

New tools give researchers hope for fungus-ravaged US bats

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This February 9, 2013, handout photo courtesy of the US National Park Service shows a tricolored bat with signs of white-nose syndrome on its snout and both wings at Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. — AFP Standing at a woodland entrance to the world's longest cave...

AI-generated portrait of Alan Turing fetches record $1.3m at auction

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Ai-Da Robot’s "AI God" artwork. — Ai-Da Robot Studios An AI generated portrait of the eminent World War II codebreaker, Alan Turing, has been sold for a record $1.3 million at auction. There were 27 bids for the digital artwork sale of "AI God", which had...

Irish crowd waits hours for Halloween parade, only to find it was fake

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A representational image showing people wearing costumes during a Halloween parade. — AFP/File DUBLIN: In a rather intriguing yet disturbing revelation, a Pakistan-based artificial intelligence-powered website has been found to be behind a hoax Halloween parade in Dublin that led to...

Shrimp fishing on horseback saves tradition along Belgian coast

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Panniers strapped to their haunches, a team of horses waded collar-deep through North Sea waters — hauling wide nets along the Belgian coast as cawing seagulls swirled all around. In the saddle, clad head to toe in yellow oilskins, riders steered them parallel with the...

Scientists rebuild face of 400-year-old Polish 'vampire'

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A three-dimensional reconstruction of Zosia's face, a woman buried as a "vampire", is pictured, in this undated handout photo taken in Stockholm, Sweden. — Reuters PIEN: Buried with a padlock on her foot and an iron sickle across her neck, "Zosia" was never supposed to be able to...

Monkeys can't type entire work of Shakespeare: study

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A representational image of chimpanzees sitting. — AFP/file Two Australian mathematicians have questioned an old motto: If a monkey is given an infinite amount of time to press keys on a typewriter, at one point, it will finish writing all of William Shakespeare's...