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Photographer Elio Della Ferrera snapped the first picture of the mountain wall showing the footprints. Photo: Collected

Thousands of dinosaur footprints found on Alpine cliffs near Winter Olympics site

The tracks, some up to 40cm wide and showing claw marks, stretch for about five kilometres in the high-altitude glacial Valle di Fraele near Bormio, one of the venues for the 2026 Winter Olympics...

Words reading "Artificial intelligence AI," miniature of robot and toy hand are picture in this illustration taken December 14, 2023. Illustration: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

'Slop' chosen as Merriam-Webster's 2025 Word of the Year

Photo: Hindustan Times

When nature calls, HR answers: China's bathroom break that went to court

An illustration made on 3 September 2025 shows a gigantic 8-metre-long mega-predatory lamniform shark swimming beside a long-necked plesiosaur in the seas off Australia 115 million years ago. Photo: UNB/Pollyanna von Knorring/Swedish Museum of Natural History via AP

Before megalodon, a monstrous shark dominated ancient Australian seas: Researchers

Waymo driverless taxi parks in lower Manhattan in New York City, US, November 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Passenger born onboard: Self-driving car takes 'delivery' a little too literally

This combination of ultraviolet spectrum images provided by NASA shows atmospheric features of the planet Mars in July 2022, left, during the southern hemisphere’s summer season, and the planet’s northern hemisphere in January 2023 after Mars had passed the farthest point in its orbit from the Sun, captured by the MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) spacecraft. (NASA/LASP/CU Boulder via AP)

NASA loses contact with Maven spacecraft orbiting Mars for a decade

Three-toed, bipedal meat-eating dinosaurs known as theropods left their mark at the Carreras Pampas tracksite in Bolivia. Photo: Jeremy McLarty/Collected

Scientists uncover 16,000+ footprints at world's largest dinosaur tracksite

China is taxing contraceptives to salvage its sliding population. Photo: ABC Tropical North/ Hannah Walsh

From 'one-child policy' to 'one more baby, please': Can China tax its way to more children?

European country known for stunning women suffers drought of men — forcing would-be brides to ‘hire’ husbands for housework. Photo: Yahoo

Latvia's man shortage has sparked a strange new industry: The hourly husband

Some instincts apparently transcend species, the scotch-sodden scavenger made it to the bathroom before calling it a night. Photo: Samantha Martin/Hanover County Protection

Rowdy raccoon raids Virginia liquor store, passes out drunk in bathroom

A herd of migratory elephants in Gazni, Sherpur. Photo: Monirul H Khan

Herbivores aren’t harmless: Keep your distance in the wild

Oxford names 'rage bait' as 2025 Word of the Year

Oxford names 'rage bait' as 2025 Word of the Year

Pictured above is the latest offering from Jacaon: the Life Shield Container. The company also has a nickname for the product, though: the Kumacon, or “bear container.”. Photo: Collected

When bears attack: Japan rolls out Kumacon, the ultimate bear bunker