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Topic: Fossils

Potential alien life to ocean on Saturn’s moon — here are this week’s scientific revelations

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

‘Beehive imprints’, not 550 mn-yr-old fossil: Bhimbetka find proven false, scientists accept mistake

Rare Dickinsonia fossil actually decaying beehive imprints, finds research team from University of Florida that went to the rock shelters in Madhya Pradesh for follow-up study.

How to be a dinosaur mom: Titanosaur eggs found in MP shed light on Cretaceous parenting

Researchers from DU & IISER uncover massive cache of fossilised eggs in 92 nesting sites belonging to one of the largest dinosaurs to have roamed Earth, in Madhya Pradesh.

40 mn yrs after it bloomed in Baltics, largest flower preserved in amber found to have Asian link

A study has identified the flower as belonging to a species close to modern day Asian plants despite having been discovered in Europe.

Temperatures like today — what lizard & python fossil in Himachal tell us about 9.1 mn year ago

Findings from Haritalyangar region also important because lizard genus whose fossil was found, Varanus, reveal past biodiversity here, since varanids have a limited fossil record in Asia.

Car-sized remains of sea turtle from dinosaur age unearthed in Spain

Researchers discovered the remains of a turtle that was 3.7 meters long, weighed under 2 tons & lived during the Cretaceous Period — the last chapter of the dinosaur era.

NASA decodes why some planets have clouds of sand

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

A 110-million-year old dinosaur skeleton was sold at US auction—it’s a loss for society

'Living room dinosaurs' aren't just pretty cabinet curios but contain important information about the planet. Private collectors have no caretaking guarantees.

Chile’s 1st full ichthyosaur fossil Earth’s only pregnant female found from 129-139 mn years ago

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Ancient rock shows there was life on Earth 3.75 billion years ago, much earlier than we thought

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.