Author: News Desk

New York: The most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex Skull ever discovered will go up for auction on December 9th, 2022, in a special single-lot sale at Sotheby’s New York, where it is estimated to sell at a cost between $15 million and $20 million. The skull, known as “Maximus,” is thought to be 76 million years old. It stands around 6 feet 7 inches tall, weighs more than 200 pounds, and is mounted on a pedestal. Sotheby’s revealed that the skull is in great shape, which is “very rare” for a specimen of its kind. The tooth-bearing jaw components, the majority…

Ukraine: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has received one of Sean Penn’s Oscars as a “sign of faith” in his nation’s success in its ongoing battle with Russia. Sean Justin Penn is an American actor and director who has won two Academy Awards for his performances in the biopic Milk and the mystery film Mystic River. The Oscar was given on Penn’s third visit to Ukraine during the war. The video of the exchange was posted by Anton Gerashchenko, a counselor to Ukraine’s interior minister. This is for you. It’s just a symbolic silly thing, but if I know this…

Switzerland: Multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, Nestlé recently began a collaboration with the Africa Food Prize to hasten the transformation of food systems to improve the food security and climate change resilience of the continent. The Africa Food Prize offers $100,000 to people or organizations who are revolutionizing the continent’s food and agricultural systems. With the goal of boosting food security, promoting economic growth and development, and eradicating hunger and poverty in Africa, the Prize focuses on particularly effective agri-food initiatives and technology advancements that can be duplicated throughout the continent. The Africa Food Prize is spearheaded by AGRA,…

Cairo, Egypt: At the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), currently held in Egypt, the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam has reaffirmed its firm commitment to combating climate change. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Vietnamese delegation leader and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Mr. Tran Hong Ha, pointed out that Vietnam and other countries attending the conference will work to improve systems and policies to mobilize resources from developed countries in order to fulfill their commitments. The resources should be distributed to developing and underprivileged countries that are working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and…

Canberra, Australia: The United States has warned Australia from endorsing a historic nuclear weapons ban pact, claiming that doing so could jeopardize the defense cooperation between the US and its allies. However, New Zealand sited that it was “pleased to observe a positive shift” in Australia’s position in a United Nations vote and “would, of course, welcome any new ratifications as an important step to achieving a nuclear-weapon-free world.” Following 5 years of unrelenting resistance from the Governing coalition, the Albanese government changed Australia’s voting position on the treaty banning nuclear weapons to “abstain.” The relatively recent pact forbids producing,…

Singapore: Mr. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has given Dogecoin, the meme cryptocurrency the Tesla owner popularised, a new life. After the tech entrepreneur closed the $44 billion deal, the price of Dogecoin doubled. On October 27, the cryptocurrency was selling for roughly $0.07 when Mr. Musk announced his ownership by tweeting “the bird is freed.” The selling price of the coming was $0.16 five days later. That might not sound like much, but according to analytics platform CoinGecko, the development with Twitter gave the extremely volatile cryptocurrency a market worth of $21 billion. Not bad for a coin named after…

Cologne, Germany: In the latest study published by the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Dr. Wenming Huang, a Max Planck scientist, and his team have revealed that they have identified a new gene mutation that has promising applications for aging research. RNA is a key cellular transmitter and serves as a blueprint for protein synthesis. Newly synthesized RNA undergoes processing, during which introns are eliminated to yield mature mRNA, which codes for the protein. Splicing is the process of separating these segments, and the spliceosome is the part of the cell that controls it. The study concluded that…

New York, US: According to a new study, one in 5 persons who survive cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may recall having lucid dreams about dying when they were apparently unconscious and on the verge of passing away. The study which was conducted between May 2017 and March 2020 in the US and the UK, involved 567 men and women whose hearts stopped beating while they were hospitalized and who got CPR. The study was led by researchers at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine and other institutions. A sense of separation from the body and the ability to…

Scotland, UK:  The Titanic is remembered as “one of the greatest maritime tragedies in history.” Nearly 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) beneath the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean, the Titanic wreck lies in two pieces, slowly deteriorating. Because of a sonar blip that was found 26 years ago, we now know that this underwater area has a lot more going on than we thought. The veteran Nautile submersible pilot and Titanic diver Mr. P.H. Nargeolet found the blip in 1996, but no one knows where it came from. Mr. Nargeolet and four other researchers visited the blip’s previously known location earlier…

Washington, US: Mother nature is offering one last chance to view the glorious “blood moon” as the second total lunar eclipse of the year, the final opportunity to see one until 2025 begins to unravel beautifully. NASA scientists estimate that the moon will be 242,740 miles (390,553 KM) from Earth at that time. The totality of the eclipse will occur from 10.16 to 11.41 AM GMT, or approximately 90 minutes, as Earth moves in front of the moon and sun. Binoculars and telescopes can help observers see more clearly, and they should pray for clear skies. Unfortunately, the majority of…