Beetle named after environmental activist Greta Thunberg
Britain’s Natural History Museum has named a tiny, blind and wingless beetle after 17-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg.
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‘Diamond rain’ falls on Saturn and Jupiter
Diamond rain is very likely to form in storm-ravaged regions of Saturn, and in enormous quantities — as much as a 1,000 tonnes of diamonds every year.
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World’s oldest forest discovered in the U.S.
Scientists have discovered remnants of the world’s oldest fossil forest — a network of trees around 386 million years old — in a sandstone quarry in the US.
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Scientists measure the heart rate of the blue whale
The blue whale is the largest mammal to have ever lived and possesses the largest heart of any living creature — around 180 kg.
Read more“Plastic eating” bacteria discovered by Indian scientists
Two strains of plastic-eating bacteria have the potential to decompose polystyrene — a key component in Single-Use Plastic (SUP) items.
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