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science / science - 5 years ago

'Flying bulldog': world's largest bee refound

The world's largest bee -- a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb -- has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years, researchers said Thursday. Despite its conspicuous size, no one had observed...

science / science - 5 years ago

Tiny T-rex ancestor discovered in Utah

A diminutive Tyrannosaurus Rex which was barely taller than a donkey has been found in Utah. The tiny dinosaur, which stood around three to four feet tall at the hip, lived 15 million years before its terrifying descendant, and has been named Moros I...

science / science - 5 years ago

$400 billion climate investment plan for Sahel region

Heads of state of 17 countries in the Sahel region of Africa will hold a summit on Monday in Niamey to approve a climate investment plan worth $400 billion over 12 years, the Niger government said Wednesday. The "ambitious" plan for the period 2018-...