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Woolly mammoth skeleton found in a lake in the Russian Arctic

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian scientists are studying the incredibly well-preserved bones of an adult woolly mammoth that roamed the land at least 10,000 years ago, after local inhabitants discovered its remains in the shallow waters of a northern lake in Siberia. Part of its skull, several ribs and bones of …

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School girls in India discover a terrestrial asteroid

AHMEDABAD, India (Reuters) – Two teenagers from India discovered a terrestrial asteroid by studying images from the University of Hawaii telescope, an Indian space education institute said Monday. The asteroid is currently near Mars and its orbit is expected to cross that of Earth in about a million years, said …

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