It’s significant that the most recent coin in the stash is from 1921, according to Mary Heimann, a professor of modern history and an expert of Czechoslovak history at the University of Cardiff in the United Kingdom. That was the year the Soviet-Polish War ended when the Treaty of Riga was signed, she said, but … Read more
Ten gold bracelets, 17 cigar cases, a powder compact, a comb, and a whopping 598 gold coins: The items are all part of a valuable and somewhat mysterious stash, found by chance by two hikers in the northeastern Czech Republic. The hikers, who wish to remain anonymous, were taking a shortcut through the forest in … Read more
The transition occurred partly because amniotes evolved to reproduce with hard-shelled, rather than soft-shelled, eggs. “The vertebrates’ move onto land was an important part, and within that a key step was the evolution of the amniotic egg in the immediate common ancestors of reptiles and mammals,” Ahlberg said. “So these events form a key episode … Read more
Distinct clawed footprints found on a slab of 356 million-year-old rock from Australia suggest that reptile relatives appeared between 35 million and 40 million years earlier than previously believed. The tracks also push back the origin of amniotes, a group that includes reptiles, birds and mammals, and provide new evidence about how animals transitioned from … Read more
New Delhi: Starting January 1, 2026, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has mandated that no new petrol or diesel-powered vehicles can be added to the fleets of cab aggregators, delivery companies, and e-commerce firms operating within the Delhi-NCR region. This directive specifically covers light commercial vehicles, light goods vehicles, and two-wheelers used for … Read more