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Study says dinosaurs thrived in the midst of ice 

New York: Dinosaurs became adapted to the cold weather in polar regions before a mass extinction event paved the way for their reign at the end of the Triassic as per a study of ancient mass extinction. The conventional theory of how the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago: in Earth’s fiery collision with a […]

MoHAP awareness campaign clarifies Hajj safety guidelines

Dubai: The Ministry of Health and Prevention (MoHAP) has launched a digital awareness-raising campaign on its social media platforms to outline all health instructions and precautions that pilgrims need to be taken before and during travel in conjunction with them leaving for Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj. The ministry also started a similar programme at […]

Tesla Model 3 joins the Dubai Taxi fleet on a trial basis

Dubai: Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced that Tesla Model 3 had been added to Dubai Taxi Corporation’s taxi fleet on a trial basis, following the huge success of operating 172 Tesla vehicles in the limousine service since 2017. The trial operation aims to verify the efficiency of the vehicle when deployed on the […]

NYU Abu Dhabi researchers suggest falcon genomes evolve like mammals

Abu Dhabi: By studying the genomic architecture of several falcon species, a team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), led by Postdoctoral Associate and evolutionary biologist Justin Wilcox, have discovered a strong link between how a genome is structured and how a species evolves. The researchers’ newly-developed falcon genomes and findings of unique evolutionary […]

Golden Dragon is paying a special tribute to mango this summer

Dubai: The hot and humid summers have kicked in and Dubai’s oldest Chinese restaurant, Golden Dragon has announced the launch of its much-awaited ‘Mango Tango’, the Mango Food Festival to celebrate the king of fruits. During the ‘Mango Tango’ festival period- till July 31, Golden Dragon will welcome guests to its restaurant with a wide spread […]

Scientist reveals the world’s funniest joke

A scientist has put their hard-earned PhD to good use and officially discovered what the world’s funniest joke is.  The finding of the world’s funniest joke is actually based on a study conducted 20 years ago. Psychologist Dr. Richard Wiseman set up the study through the website LaughLab in 2001, where, over the course of a year, he invited 1.5 million people across the world to rate five randomly selected jokes […]

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