NASA is monitoring an asteroid that could collide with Earth.

Out of the millions of asteroids in our solar system, there's a very small fraction known to potentially impact Earth. But scientists found a new one just two weeks ago that so far seems to pose one of the greatest risks of them all.  The asteroid, known as 2023 DW, was …

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Angelo Mathews becomes third Sri Lankan batsman to score 7,000 Test runs.

Former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team Angelo Mathews has become the third batsman to score 7,000 test runs for Sri Lanka. His landmark achievement was scored during the first Test match of the two-match series against New Zealand, currently being played in Christchur…

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A team of scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy.

Australian scientists have discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy. The finding, published in the top journal Nature, reveals that this enzyme uses the low amounts of the hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. This finding opens the way to cr…

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Sheikh Mohammed appointed as Qatar’s new prime minister.

Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has appointed Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani as the country’s new prime minister. The decision to appoint Sheikh Mohammed, who was the deputy prime minister, came after the amir accepted the resignation…

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International Day of Women Judges - 10 March.

The International Day of Women Judges, which is celebrated every year on March 10, honours all female judges who have taken the lead in the fight against social injustice. The history and significance of the day are examined below. Not just women judges in international leg…

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Sri Lanka to announce debt restructuring strategy in April.

Sri Lanka aims to announce a debt-restructuring strategy in April and step up talks with commercial creditors ahead of an International Monetary Fund review of a bailout package in six months, the country’s central bank governor told Reuters on Thursday. The crisis-hit islan…

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World Kidney Day - 09 March (On the second Thursday in March)

On the second Thursday in March each year, the world observes World Kidney Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about kidney health. On March 9, 2023, it will be remembered this year. The International Society of Nephrology (ISN) and the International Federation of Kid…

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Sir David Chipperfield wins the 2023 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

British architect Sir David Alan Chipperfield CH, receives the 2023 Pritzker Prize for "bestowing unto society the opportunity for coexistence and communion" through his work. Chipperfield, who is the founder of architecture studio David Chipperfield Architects, is…

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520-million-year-old animal fossils might not be animals after all.

A species that lived about 520 million years ago and was thought to be the oldest known bryozoan is instead a type of colony-forming algae, a new study proposes. Bryozoans are filter-feeding, tentacle-bearing animals that live in apartment complex–like colonies attached to r…

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Africa is splitting into two Continents.

Africa is slowly but surely tearing in two. Like anything in geology, it’s an extremely long process that will take millions of years, but it will eventually see part of East Africa chip off from the rest of the continent, likely resulting in a new ocean arising between the…

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UN inks first ‘High Seas Treaty’.

The United Nations(UN) inked the first ‘High Seas Treaty’ in a bid to protect the ocean bodies of the world that lie outside the national boundaries and form almost two-thirds of the world’s oceans. More about the High Seas Treaty: The treaty is an outcome of a decade of talk…

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International Women’s Day - 08 March.

Every year on March 8, the world celebrates International Women’s Day as a focal point for the campaign for women’s rights. International Women’s Day 2023 raises awareness of topics including gender equality, access to abortion, and violence and abuse against women. Interna…

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NASA's Curiosity Rover sees first dazzling "sun rays" on Mars.

NASA's Curiosity Rover has captured a dazzling image of rays from the setting sun at twilight on Mars. The image, which marks the first time sun rays have been viewed clearly over the Red Planet, was captured by the robotic rover on Feb. 2, 2023.  The light known as &quo…

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Japan forced to destroy flagship H3 rocket.

Japan was forced to blow up its new rocket during a failed launch on Tuesday, setting back efforts to crack a market led by Elon Musk's SpaceX. Its space agency had to send a self-destruct command to the H3 rocket when its second-stage engine failed minutes after lift-of…

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Dinosaur fossils from 76 million years ago with intact skin in Canada.

Researchers in Canada have discovered parts of what they believe to be a full "dinosaur mummy" lodged in a hillside, the University of Reading in the United Kingdom announced last week. The two exposed fossils, a foot and part of a tail clad in fossilized skin, are…

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Scientists found an entirely new way of measuring time.

Determining the passage of time in our world of ticking clocks and oscillating pendulums is a simple matter of counting the seconds between ‘then’ and ‘now’. Down at the quantum scale of buzzing electrons, however, ‘then’ cannot always be predicted. Worse, the ‘now’ often re…

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80 Shackeled skeletons found in Greek Grave after ancient mass execution.

Archaeologists recently found a mass burial in the ancient port city of Phalaeron about four miles from Athens. But this wasn’t just any mass grave—the grouping of 80 skeletons were lined up next to each other, with 36 of them bound in iron shackles. That fact has led some …

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Sandani Peiris returns with 2nd runner-up crown in ‘Top Model of the World 2023’ pageant.

Sri Lankan model Sandani Peiris, who was crowned the 2nd runner-up at the 29th “Top Model of the World 2023”, the glittering pageant held on March 03 at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, has returned to Sri Lanka this morning (March 07). The pageant, which is organized by the World …

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Dialog Presents ‘METASTAGE’ – Sri Lanka’s First Metaverse Entertainment Experience.

Dialog Axiata PLC, together with XL Axiata, hosted ‘METASTAGE’ the country's first metaverse entertainment experience in the ‘Futureverse’, featuring performances by the renowned Sri Lankan sensations BnS, Umaria, and Indonesian idol Vicky Shu. This exclusive ticketed ev…

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CSE opens newest branch in Panadura.

The Panadura branch of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) was officially opened to the public by CSE Chairman Dilshan Wirasekera yesterday with the participation of a few stockbroker firms, Sinhala Business Association President Gihan Kuruppu, CSE CEO Rajeeva Bandaranaike, se…

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