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The ostrich-like dinosaur Ornithomimus, in the Ornithomimosauria group, may have been one of the speediest dinosaurs. — Science Photo Library/File It was widely believed that all dinosaurs were cold-blooded, slow-moving animals before the mid-1960s. However in the summer of...

The lettercard was penned by one of the Titanic’s best-known survivors, Archibald Gracie, just days before the steamship sank. — Instagram/@henryaldridgeauctioneers A lettercard penned onboard the ill-fated Titanic by one of its most prominent survivors, Archibald Gracie,...

A 113-million-year-old fossilized ant preserved in limestone unearthed in northeastern Brazil, the world's oldest-known ant specimen is seen in this photograph released on April 24, 2025. — Reuters Scientists have identified the fossilised remains of the oldest-known ant - a winged...

The 5,000-year-old remains of a woman who may have belonged to the upper echelons of the ancient Caral civilisation in Aespro, Caral, Peru can be seen in this still taken from a video. — Reuters/Screengrab Archaeologists in coastal Peru have discovered the 5,000-year-old remains of...

An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a scene of two lions attacking a boar, is on display at the El Jem archaeological museum in El Jem, Tunisia, December, 2011. — Reuters In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire,...

A skeleton of a man like dead by a lion bite. — University of York/File / A recent forensic study has revealed the first direct physical evidence that a Roman gladiator in Britain was killed by a lion, BBC reported. The skeleton, discovered in 2004 at Driffield...

A person holds a cellphone showing a person using hammer to chisel his jawline as part of lookxmaxxing trend. — AFP/File WASHINGTON: Wishing for a chiselled jawline, a male TikTok influencer strikes his cheekbones with a hammer — highlighting the rise of "looksmaxxing," an...

Khalaf Allah al-Talhi picks up a rose from its branch. — AFP After decades spent pruning thorny bushes and working arduous harvests, Khalaf Allah al-Talhi has perfected the art of capturing the fragrant aroma of the desert rose in a bottle. "I love roses and take care...

Humanoid robot "Tiangong" participates along with human runners in the E-Town Half Marathon & Humanoid Robot Half Marathon in Beijing, China April, 19 2025. — Reuters In a striking blend of innovation and endurance, more than 20 two-legged robots competed alongside 12,000 human...

The lava lakes of Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo glow red in this 2014 satellite image captured using infrared radiation. — Nasa/File A striking, false-colour satellite image has shown the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting...

A pet snow leopard named "Lovely" and its caretaker are seen in Naltar valley, Gilgit Baltistan. — Instagram@shaharyarism/File In the remote mountains of Gilgit-Baltistan, an innovative use of artificial intelligence could offer new hope for the endangered snow leopard—and...

A representational image shows a pot containing broth with vegetables. — Unsplash/File Cooking has remained an art passed down orally and not often documented in writing for much of history. Mass-produced cookbooks, cooking how-to videos and recipe blogs may be relatively...

A captivating video circulating widely on social media has captured a bizarre light display in the night sky over Vancouver, Canada, igniting a flurry of speculation ranging from extraterrestrial visitors to more earthly explanations. The footage, shared by an X user, has...

A woman takes a picture from Ponte della Costituzione in Venice, Italy, September 6, 2020. — Reuters Planning a holiday is increasingly becoming a job for artificial intelligence, as AI-powered tools offer personalised itineraries in seconds — challenging the role of...

An illustration of an adult male woolly mammoth navigating a mountain pass in Arctic Alaska, 17,100 years ago. — Reuters The oldest known woolly mammoth fossil has been discovered in North America and researchers have uncovered its genetic secrets, a new study suggests. The...

A combo of Max Budgen , and his 1,300-page flip-book. — Guinness World Records/File A 17-year-old British teenager has made a Guinness World Record by hand-drawing a 1,300-page-long flip-book. Max Budgen of Petersfield, Hampshire, told...

This representational image shows a person holding a showerhead. — Reuters WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order lifting water-pressure restrictions on showerheads, a move the White House said would "make America's showers great again". Trump has...

A man takes pictures of the blooming cherry blossoms at Hamacho Park in Tokyo´s Chuo district on April 2, 2025. — AFP Japan's famed cherry trees are getting old, but a new AI tool that assesses photos of the delicate pink and white flowers could help preserve them for future...

A representational illustration shows dinosaurs. — Reuters/File A new study has found that the dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, instead poor fossilisation conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous rock layers mean they're either not preserved or hard to...

A brown bear splashes water in a pool inside an enclosure at the Moscow Zoo on a hot summer day in the capital Moscow, Russia June 11, 2019. — Reuters A brown bear attacked and badly mauled a Russian man in a forest about 125 km from Moscow, local media and residents said, as...

Ronin, the rat, pictured while on duty. — APOPO/File A rat in Cambodia has been honoured with a world record after detecting more than 100 landmines and other undetonated explosives in the country, Belgium’s non-profit APOPO announced on Friday. APOPO named...

A person is looking into hand mirror. — Reuters/ File PARIS: Mel May only realised she was different while reading a news article one day. "Wait, what? Some people hear a voice in their head?" she thought at the time. She was stunned to discover that this was not just a...

A view from the Takarkori rock shelter in southwestern Libya, where two approximately 7,000-year-old Pastoral Neolithic female individuals were buried, is seen in this handout photo released on April 2, 2025. — Reuters The Sahara Desert is one of Earth's most arid and desolate...

Banana hats donned people gathered at Missouri museum. — Instagram/@citymuseum A Missouri museum gathered 309 people donning banana hats to break a strange Guinness World Record. The City Museum in St Louis made history on Wednesday as they turned...