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Cause of deadly rainy season in East Africa
According to reports, at least 155 people died in Tanzania and 13 in Kenya due to record rainfall, causing floods and landslides.
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A domestic dog 'fights' hand to hand with two lions and the ending is unexpected
Being continuously attacked by the dog, the male lion could only step back without any resistance.
Scientific application
New type of bed net can paralyze mosquitoes
According to a study published in The Lancet, bed nets treated with a new insecticide helped reduce malaria cases in children by nearly half in a large trial in Tanzania.
Animal world
Rare albino zebra found in Africa
A national park guard in Tanzania accidentally discovered a rare albino zebra.
Archeology
'Crocodile hybrid' 240 million years old: Each tooth is a knife
One of the most terrifying beasts of its time, recently identified from fossils unearthed in Tanzania, is an archosaur, a group of crocodile-like reptiles of the Triassi…
Archeology
New species discovered 3.7 million years old: The bearer of 'bear steps'
Fossil bear footprints once discovered in volcanic ash in northern Tanzania have been re-identified as an unknown human species, 3.7 million years old.
Archeology
Finding coins makes 'changes' throughout Australian history
The coin found on an Australian beach sparked the new Portuguese theory that the first Europeans set foot on Australia, 250 years before Captain Cook.
Discover science
Giant mice sniff TB, detect mines
Giant African kangaroos, trained to detect mines, are contributing to the fight against tuberculosis in Tanzania and Mozambique.
Discover science
The strange tribe refused civilization, lived like ten thousand years ago
Even taking the fire, they spent all day using two stone to create friction, but did not use an ignition.
Archeology
Dinosaurs share common ancestors with crocodiles
Before the dinosaurs took over the Earth, their crocodile-like cousins walked in what is now Tanzania.
Archeology
Found 400 human footprints intact 19,000 years ago
Hundreds of intact footprints 19,000 years ago, near a volcano, were found in Africa.
Archeology
5 ancient cities were discovered after thousands of years missing
According to the International Business Times, only in 2016, scientists found many ancient areas buried for thousands of years.
Archeology
The ancient city suddenly
A diver discovered the ruins of an ancient city suspected to be the lost city of Rhapta, 1,600 years ago, deep in Tanzania.
Archeology
The discovery of human finger bone fossils dates back to 1.84 million years
Spanish scientists have discovered an ancient human fossil finger bone. It may be the bones of the Hominin human body, existed 1.84 million years ago.
Archeology
Hunting art appeared 2 million years ago
The signs of an ancient slaughterhouse in Tanzania show that the ancient people grasped complex hunting techniques sooner than previously thought by experts.