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Bobi has lost his world’s oldest dog title. An Australian cattle dog could be re-crowned
The world's oldest dog has been stripped of his title after doubts were raised over his real age.Bobi, who died last year, was said to have lived to 31 years and 165 days old — approximately 220 canine years.But now, Guinness World Records (GWR) says it is no longer certain the Portuguese mastiff was in
One of the Internet’s Oldest Software Archives Is Shutting Down
In a move that marks the end of an era, New Mexico State University (NMSU) recently announced the impending closure of its Hobbes OS/2 Archive on April 15, 2024. For over three decades, the archive has been a key resource for users of the IBM OS/2 operating system and its successors, which once competed fiercely
Oldest footprints in North America push back human arrival
Dozens of awe-inspiring ancient footprints left on the shores of an ice age lake have reignited a long-running debate about when the first people arrived in the Americas.Two years ago, a team of scientists came to the conclusion that human tracks sunk into the mud in White Sands National Park in New Mexico were more
How Old Is the Oldest Sea Turtle?
One of the recurring questions in Disney’s Finding Nemo is: How old are sea turtles? Offscreen, Nemo is originally told by a classmate that they can live to be 100 years old. But upon meeting Crush, the surfer dude-esque sea turtle, Nemo’s dad finds out that Crush is “hundred and fifty dude, and still young!” While…
This may be one of the oldest Buddhist temples ever discovered
Home News (Image credit: ISMEO/Ca' Foscari University of Venice) An ancient temple dating from the early centuries of Buddhism has been unearthed in the Swat Valley in northern Pakistan — part of the ancient Gandhara region that was conquered by Alexander the Great and gave rise to a mixing of Buddhist belief and Greek art.Archaeologists…
Sebastién Loeb Is Now The Oldest WRC Winner Ever
Loeb, who retired from full-time WRC competition way back in 2012, won the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally and broke a record in the process Image via Red Bull Content Pool At the end of 2022, it’ll be 10 years since Sébastien Loeb retired from full-time WRC competition. But on the evidence of last weekend’s Monte…
In the 1960s, paleoanthropologists uncovered the remains of anatomically modern Homo sapiens — known as Omo I — in the lower Omo valley of southern Ethiopia. Earlier attempts to date the Omo I fossils suggested they were 197,000 years old, but the new research shows they must be older than a major explosive eruption of…
BitMEX buys one of the oldest banks in Germany
BitMEX › Germany › BankingOne of Germany's oldest banks is about to be purchased by a company closely related to crypto exchange BitMEX, with the goal of establishing regulated crypto products in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.BXM Operations AG, a company founded by BitMEX CEO Alexander Höptner and CFO Stephan Lutz, has announced plans to purchase…
One of the oldest human fossils just got older: study
The fossil was first unearthed in Ethiopia in 1967. One of the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils may be more than 35,000 years older than previously thought, according to a study on Wednesday that used volcanic ash to date the find. Kibish Omo I, first unearthed in Ethiopia in 1967, contained only bone and skull…
The 30+ Oldest Universities In The U.S.
DenisTangneyJrGetty Images Today, going to college after high school is considered the norm—so much so, that it's hard to believe there was ever a time when higher education didn't actually exist. Back in the 1600s, college began as a source of education for those going into the ministry. Years later, the schools grew to focus…