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Scientists Discover Why Female Dinosaurs Laid Smaller Eggs

A team of researchers have discovered that though dinosaurs were the largest creatures to have ever walked on Earth, they did not lay the world's largest eggs. Both individual egg size and clutch size of sauropods, one of the largest group of dinosaurs were found to be a lot smaller than previously thought. Jun 14, 2014
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It Happens: Ganga Dussehra Record

Kanpur, June 13 (ANI): Hindu devotees in Kanpur city of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Sunday made an attempt to create a record by offering a 51,000 meter-long cloth to holy river Ganges to mark Hindu festival, 'Ganga Dussehra', which commemorates birth of the river on earth. The 51,000 meter-long cloth extends from Bramhavrat Ghat area at one end of Kanpur and touches Jajmau area at the city's other end and was organised by volunteers in collaboration with Kanpur's main shrine of Lord Shiv. Devout Hindus in Kanpur took a holy dip in the river Ganges, prayed for their ancestors and sought the blessings of the Hindu goddess Ganga to get rid of their sins. Priests performed traditional Hindu rituals and chanted hymns on the banks of the river. Women and girls offered prayers for the well being of their families. The first 10 days of the month of June are said to honour the presence of river Ganges in India. According to a myth, the Ganges was gifted to mankind in answer to the penance undertaken by King Bhagirath of the legendary Sagara dynasty. Bhagirath prayed for the Ganges to descend onto the earth to wash the ashes of his dead brothers to give them salvation. However, another event organiser, said the attempt is to make the new federal government of Prime Minister Jun 13, 2014
Vast Reservoir of Water Discovered Below the Earth's Surface 400 Miles Underneath the US [Wikimedia Commons/ Tiago Fioreze] (Representational Image)

Vast Reservoir of Water Discovered 400 Miles Beneath US

Scientists, after decades of investigation have uncovered a vast reservoir of water deep below the surface of Earth, 400 miles underneath the US. The massive reservoir is estimated to be three times the volume of all of the oceans on the surface of Earth. Jun 13, 2014
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Hidden Volcanoes Melt West Antarctic Ice Sheet

Though Antarctica is a land of ice, it has fire inside it as well, in the form of sub-glacial volcanoes. According to a new study, subglacial volcanoes and other geothermal areas are contributing to the glacial melt. Jun 12, 2014
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Monsoon rains seen below average: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Earth Sciences Minister Jitendra Singh said that the monsoon is expected to bring below-average rainfall this year, potentially lowering grain yields, pushing up food prices and hurting the economy. Singh expects precipitation between June and September to be between 90 and 96 percent of the long-term average. Singh added that rainfall in July was seen at 93 percent of the long-term average, rising to 96 percent during August. Jun 10, 2014
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Devotees throng banks of Ganga to celebrate Ganga Dussehra

Varanasi/ Allahabad/ Haridwar, June 08 (ANI): Thousands of devotees converged at banks of holy river Ganges to offer prayers to mark Hindu festival, ‘Ganga Dussehra’, which commemorates birth of the river on earth. Devout Hindus in Varanasi took a holy dip in River Ganges and prayed for their ancestors. Priests performed traditional Hindu rituals and chanted hymns on the banks of the river. Women and girls offered prayers for the well being of their families. Devotees assembled on banks from the crack of the dawn to take a holy dip and sought the blessings of the Hindu goddess Ganga to get rid of their sins. A local priest, Mahant Brijmohan Das, said this festival brings peace and prosperity to everyone and cleanses souls. Jun 8, 2014
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Dating is 'low priority' for me: Tom Cruise

New Delhi, June 07 (ANI): Tom Cruise has revealed that dating is currently a low priority for him as he is just focusing on movies. The 'Mission Impossible' star, who has been single since his divorce from former wife Katie Holmes in 2012, said that he is so drowned in work all the time that was clueless about George Clooney's engagement to Amal Alamuddin in April, a web portal reported. His science fiction flick 'Edge of Tomorrow', which is set in the near future where an alien race has invaded the Earth and has defeated the world's military units, has released. Jun 7, 2014
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