Dinosuaurs

The story of how dinosaurs came to rule our planet has captivated scientists and the public alike for generations. Now, an intriguing new study on fossils suggests we might be looking in the wrong places for their earliest ancestors.


While we’ve found countless dinosaur fossils in places like Argentina and Zimbabwe, the very first dinosaurs might have emerged from the steamy equatorial regions of ancient Earth – areas that today make up the Amazon rainforest, Congo basin, and Sahara Desert.

Gap in the dinosaur fossil record
The oldest known dinosaur fossils date back around 230 million years and have been found in Argentina, Brazil, and Zimbabwe.

However, the differences between these fossils indicate that dinosaurs had already been evolving for millions of years before these specimens emerged. This implies an even earlier origin, but direct fossil evidence of this has yet to be found.       READ  MORE...

China Builds Nuclear Power Plant in Argentina

Feb 2 (Reuters) - State-owned China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) has signed a contract in Argentina to build the $8 billion Atucha III nuclear power plant using China's Hualong One technology, reviving a deal that had been stalled for years.


CNNC said on its WeChat account late on Tuesday that ithad signed an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, which comes ahead of Argentine President Alberto Fernandez's trip to China later this week.


Progress on the nuclear deal between the two nations had stalled since it was first negotiated by the administration of former President Cristina Fernandez, a left-wing populist who left office in 2015. She is now Argentina's vice president.


Argentina's government said in a statement that the construction project "involves an investment of over $8 billion" for engineering, construction, acquisition, commissioning and delivery of a HPR-1000 type reactor.  READ MORE...