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British PhD student discovers first example of fossilised plant gum dating back 110 million years

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By gum! British PhD student discovers first example of fossilised plant gum dating back 110 million years in Brazil The gum was found in fossilised leaves of the welwitschiophyllum plant  Plants gums are involved in food storage and structural support  University of Portsmouth student found it in the Crato formation in Brazil Scientists may have … Read more

WATCH THIS: A group of autonomous military robots navigate through an underground power plant

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Military robots win search and rescue competition as they search for survivors in underground power plant after gas leak DARPA hosted a search and rescue competition for autonomous robots The winning team, from JPL programmed 12 autonomous robots to find warm mannequins standing in for human survivors, and a lost cell phone in the ruins … Read more