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'Wonderchicken' fossil shows link between dinosaurs in their day and modern day birds

The bird fossil includes a nearly complete skull hidden inside a nondescriptive rock and dates back more than 66 million years ago.

MMR vaccine could help fight COVID-19, finds University of Cambridge study; confirmed cases in UK cross 1,29,000

A new study by the University of Cambridge claims that the MMR vaccine, associated with measles, mumps and rubella, could protect people from COVID-19

Indian universities fail to make Times Higher Education top 300 World University Rankings 2020; IISc slips down ranks

For the first time since 2012, India does not have any entry in the top 300 in World University Rankings 2020, published by UK-based Times Higher Education

Facebook researcher infamous for the Cambridge Analytica data leak quits: Report

A Facebook spokesperson declined to explain when or why the researcher had left.

Astronomers are eager to study gas giant exoplanet Wasp-127b, which is thought to be filled with metals, and maybe even water: Report

According to a team of astronomers in the University of Cambridge and IAC, in Spain, the exoplanet, WASP-127b has shown possible signs of Water.

Personality quiz app exposed a data-set of over 3 million Facebook users for close to four years: Report

Facebook said it is auditing every app that has access to the data of its users and has already suspended 200 apps which failed to comply with its policies.

Stephen Hawking Foundation trustee dismisses Union minister Harsh Vardhan's claims, reports The Telegraph

A founding trustee of The Stephen Hawking foundation has reportedly refuted the claims of Harsh Vardhan, who said that Hawking had said the Vedas have a theory that is superior to Albert Einstein's equation e=mc^2.

Researchers train artificial intelligence to predict earthquakes by identifying sound patterns in acoustic data

The study, published in the journal Geophysical Review Letters, identified a hidden signal leading up to earthquakes.

New machine learning techniques could successfully predict an earthquake

The machine learning algorithm was able to identify a particular pattern in the sound, which occurs long before an earthquake.

World University Rankings: IITs, IISc slip on global ranking, only 30 Indian varsities among top 1,000

India slipped in world university rankings as its share of such institutions marginally fell from 31 to 30 in the global 1,000 list according to a new assessment.