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Sorry — 8 million years is obviously a huge expanse of time, and when it did come back, what was different? forests were very different. so forests that came back resemble a lot rainforests that we know today, they were dominated by flowering plants, they were very dense and they had the same levels of intense ecological interaction that we see today. in the age of dinosaurs, that was not the case. the dominant plants were not flowering plants, it was a mixture of ferns, conifers and flowering...

Lets talk evolution now, and new research suggests the asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs also gave birth to our planets tropical rainforests as we know them. a group of scientists has spent the past two decades investigating fossil leaves and pollen from across colombia and has finally gathered enough data to publish its findings in the prestigious journal science. im joined now by paleobiologist dr monica carvalho from the smithsonian tropical research institute, who authored the st...

Indias cricket legend, sachin tendulkar, has been hospitalised after testing positive to coronavirus earlier this week. the former captain said he had decided to go to a hospital in mumbai �*as a matter of abundant precaution under medical advice�*, and he added that he was hoping to be back new research suggests the asteroid impact that killed off the dinosaurs also gave birth to our planets tropical rainforests as we know them. paleo—biologist, dr monica carvalho from the smithsonian tro...

Bodies appear strewn across the ground. a man is urged to throw one off the cliff. these graphic videos and others like it were passed to the bbc and began circulating on social media last month. we have been able to match elements of the landscape shown to features visible on satellite images to identify the location — mahbere dego in ethiopian�*s northern tigray region. in november 2020, following an attack on a military base, the ethiopian army began an offensive in the region against the...

In the conflict. our africa correspondent leila nathoo�*s report contains images that some will find very disturbing. armed men in uniform, leading a group towards a cliff edge. bodies appear strewn across the ground. a man is urged to throw one off the cliff. these graphic videos and others like it were passed to the bbc and began circulating on social media last month. we have been able to match elements of the landscape shown to features visible on satellite images to identify the location....

Bodies appear strewn across the ground. a man is urged to throw one off the cliff. these graphic videos, and others like it, were passed to the bbc and began circulating on social media last month. we have been able to match elements of the landscape shown to features visible on satellite images to identify the location — mahbere dego in ethiopian�*s northern tigray region. in november 2020, following an attack on a military base, the ethiopian army began an offensive in the region against t...

Armed men in uniform leading a group towards a cliff edge. gunfire. bodies appear strewn across the ground. a man is urged to throw one off the cliff. these graphic videos, and others like it, were passed to the bbc and began circulating on social media last month. we have been able to match elements of the landscape shown to features visible on satellite images to identify the location — mahbere dego in ethiopian�*s northern tigray region. in november 2020, following an attack on a military...

A 6-year-old boy was out in his yard in Walsall, England, digging for worms when he instead found a very ancient fossil. Siddak Singh Jhamat, whose nickname is Sid, was outside in his family’s garden using a fossil-hunting kit that he received for Christmas and his gift certainly paid off with his new discovery. After making the discovery, Sid showed the fossil to his father who was then able to identify it as being a horn coral based on information he gathered from a fossil group on Facebook...

Armed men in uniform, leading a group towards a cliff edge. bodies appear strewn across the ground. a man is urged to throw one off the cliff. these graphic videos and others like it were passed to the bbc and began circulating on social media last month. we have been able to match elements of the landscape shown to features visible on satellite images to identify the location. its in ethiopian�*s northern tigray region. in november 2020, following an attack on a military base, the ethiopian a...

Now on bbc news, click. this week — connecting at—risk communities. throwing some shapes in the living room. so begins the end! and oh, good to see my mums on tv again! growls. hey, welcome to click! i dont know what it is like where you are but things still feel a bit up and down to me at the moment. some are heading into new lockdowns, some are coming out of lockdowns, some have access to the vaccine and some dont. but you mayjust be feeling now like there is some light at the end of the t...