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Why a Tiger's Roar Produces Infrasound That Causes Paralysis, Vibration and Fear

The Frequency Below HearingA tiger's roar peaks at around 18 Hz, just below the threshold of human hearing, which begins at 20 Hz. That gap is not a flaw in the tiger's design. It is the design. Infrasound at 18 Hz does not enter the ear cleanly the way a…

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Inside Chile's spectacular Atacama super bloom: The desert that blooms once every few years

The Atacama Desert in northern Chile holds the record for being the driest non-polar desert on Earth. Some parts of it go decades without a single drop of rain. It looks, for most of the year, like a place where nothing could survive. And then, every few years, something extraordinary…

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Scientists just found a lost river world buried beneath Antarctica’s ice for 34 million years

Beneath nearly two kilometres of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, locked away since the continent froze over at least 34 million years ago, scientists have found something that changes the way researchers understand both Antarctica's distant past and its near-term future. Using ice-penetrating radar gathered across multiple airborne survey campaigns,…

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Mysterious stone ‘gates’ discovered across Saudi Arabia’s Harrat Khaybar lava field

Low stone lines and geometric patterns rest peacefully against the basalt of Harrat Khaybar, a dark lava plain in northwestern Saudi Arabia. What looked to be empty volcanic terrain is now known to contain hundreds of huge archaic buildings, found by satellite photography and limited field research. Archaeologists find a…

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Saint Parascheva celebration in Iași draws one of Romania’s largest pilgrimages

Thousands of faithful braved the rain and bad weather on the first day of their pilgrimage in the capital of the Moldova region, lining up in queues that stretched for almost 2 kilometres.

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Scientists solve mystery of Antarctic mountain range hidden for 500 million years

The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice

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Breakthrough after mysterious mountain range found buried beneath Antarctica’s ice

The ancient Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains in the middle of East Antarctica are entombed beneath kilometres of ice

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Over 100 injured after burst Petronas gas pipe sparks colossal fire in Malaysia

Towering inferno near gas station in Putra Heights in central Selangor state visible for kilometres

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Sadiq Khan criticised as data shows scale of London bus cuts, including in many outer boroughs

New data reveals Greater London has six per cent fewer ‘bus kilometres’ than in 2014/15

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Almost half of Moon missions fail. Why is space still so hard?

In 2019, India attempted to land a spacecraft on the Moon – and ended up painting a kilometres-long streak of debris on its barren surface. Now the Indian Space Research Organisation has returned in triumph, with the Chandrayaan-3 lander successfully touching down near the south pole of Earth’s rocky neighbour.

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‘The smell is next level’: millions of dead fish spanning kilometres of Darling-Baaka river begin to rot

Releasing environmental water held downstream could help stem the spread of poor quality water, experts say

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Baby turtles battling washed up flood debris but Queensland volunteers clear a path

It is hard enough for turtle hatchings to make it safely to the water, but try negotiating mounds of washed up flood debris stretching for kilometres along Queensland's beaches.

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Sultanpuri accident victim was sole breadwinner, supported family of 7

NEW DELHI: The 20-year-old woman who was dragged under a car for kilometres in Delhi on Sunday supported seven people.

The Times of India

Why does lightning zigzag? At last, we have an answer to the mystery

New research provides an explanation as to how these 'zigzags' form, and how lightning can travel over kilometres.

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Fires blazing across Top End amid heatwave, lightning strikes

Across the Northern Territory, thousands of square kilometres of parched savanna and grazing land have been reduced to ashes as bushfires spread rapidly amid another heatwave and weeks of ongoing electrical storms.

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Satellite images show long queues out of Russia as enlistment centre reportedly established at Georgia border

As Russian men line up for kilometres at border crossings to avoid President Vladimir Putin's mobilisation efforts, some have reportedly been issued draft notices at the Georgian border.

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Karnataka: Rain and flood cause havoc in different parts of state

Acres of agricultural land, number of houses, several bridges, kilometres of roads are either washed away or inundated by flood water in several parts of north and south interior Karnataka. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Is it harder to do journalism under Congress than BJP in Chhattisgarh?

Kirgapati is a village 12 kilometres outside the town of Kanker in Chhattisgarh. It is cut off from its neighbouring hamlets by a brook that gushes through the emerald green landscape during the monsoon. In 2012, the bridge on the brook fell apart. Since then, every year, Kirgapati’s Adivasi residents…

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South Dublin residents get a free Red Hot Chilli Peppers gig but not all were happy about it

South Dublin residents were treated to a free gig in their back gardens as the band's legendary music could be heard for kilometres around the venue

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Fish kill attributed to blue-green algae bloom chokes Curdies River and the hopes of future fishers

Dead bream have been found for kilometres in Curdies River along Victoria's Great Ocean Road, triggering a debate about how best to prevent blooms of blue-green algae in the future.

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Long queues form at central Europe border crossings as people flee Ukraine

People fleeing war in Ukraine poured into central Europe on Sunday, with queues at border crossings stretching back for kilometres on the fourth day of a Russian invasion that has pushed nearly 400,000 people to seek safety abroad.

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