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Damselflies are flying insects of the suborder Zygoptera in the order Odonata. They are similar to dragonflies but are usually smaller and have slimmer bodies. Most species fold the wings along the body when at rest, unlike dragonflies which hold the wings flat and away from the body.

Gustave Eiffel originally submitted his design to Barcelona, but the city turned it down for aesthetic reasons. The architect had more success in pitching the project to Paris, although his plan was far from popular at the time.

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The helicopter was carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, the governor of Iran's East Azerbaijan province and other officials and bodyguards. Raisi was returning from a trip to Iran's border with Azerbaijan to inaugurate a dam with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev.

The helicopter crashed or made an emergency landing in the Dizmar forest between the cities of Varzaqan and Jolfa in Iran's East Azerbaijan province, near its border with Azerbaijan, under circumstances that remain unclear. Initially, Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said the helicopter was forced to make a hard landing due to the bad weather and fog.

To give you an estimate of how big a cago ship is, A fully loaded 170,000m3 LNG carrier transports about 72,000 tonnes of LNG, enough to heat 45,000 homes in North America for one year.

Picture of 1 cubic millimeter of brain

Full scan of 1 cubic millimeter of brain tissue that took 1.4 petabytes of data, equivalent to 14,000 4K movies.

A mass of unusual cells growing in a bone. Most bone tumours aren't cancerous.
Causes of bone tumours include abnormal healing of an injury, inherited conditions and radiation therapy. They can also be caused by bone cancer or another cancer that has spread to the bone from other parts of the body.

During Alphabet's Q1 2024 earnings call, Philipp Schindler, a Senior Vice President at Google, revealed results from an ad experiment on YouTube.

He mentioned the success of the Pause Ads pilot on connected TVs, a non-interruptive ad format that appears when users pause their organic content. Initial results indicate strong brand lift and high attention rates.

While Schindler didn't specify when these Pause Ads will roll out to devices, their positive reception suggests they may become more prevalent soon.

As Japan unveils a groundbreaking prototype showcasing the immense potential of 6G technology, the global race for next-generation wireless networks intensifies.

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TikTok and its parent company ByteDance filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department on Tuesday, saying a new law that requires it to cut ties with its China-based owner within a year or be effectively banned from the U.S. is unconstitutional.

Angkor Wat, located in Cambodia, is now considered the eighth Wonder of the World, beating Italy's Pompeii. The title of the eighth Wonder of the World is given to outstanding buildings or projects, and Angkor Wat has gained this recognition.