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Kitesurfer dies in Cape Town after freak accident | News24

A 33-year-old kitesurfer died in hospital after winds lifted and dragged him between 300 and 500 metres, smashing him against poles and buildings at Sunrise Beach in Muizenberg, Cape Town, on Thursday.
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I did two kitesurfing lessons of three and I know the harness has a fail safe mode, when you let go of the control bar then the kite has no power. So in this case it must have become stuck or he was unconscious when this all happened.
 
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Knife-wielding roosters kill 2 men

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Knife-wielding roosters kill 2 men in cockfighting events in India

Two men have reportedly been killed by knife-wielding roosters in separate cockfights in India. To mark the three-day celebration of the Hindu Makar Sankrati festival, people gathered to hold cockfights in the Kakinada and East Godavari districts on Sunday, according to reports. During the...
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Archeologists find traces of extra-terrestrial organic matter in millions years old rocks.

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Expert Claims Traces Of Otherworldly Organic Matter Has Just Been Found In Mountains In South Africa

Expert claims traces of otherworldly organic matter has just been found in Mountains in South Africa. Today, we take a look at what has been found in these mountains in South Africa. For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of extra-terrestrial organic matter in terrestrial rocks. Th
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Jings said:
Archeologists find traces of extra-terrestrial organic matter in millions years old rocks.

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Expert Claims Traces Of Otherworldly Organic Matter Has Just Been Found In Mountains In South Africa

Expert claims traces of otherworldly organic matter has just been found in Mountains in South Africa. Today, we take a look at what has been found in these mountains in South Africa. For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of extra-terrestrial organic matter in terrestrial rocks. Th
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Molecules in Nebula Offer Clues to the Building Blocks of Life

Using data collected by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) and other observatories, an international team of researchers has studied how a particular type of organic molecules, the raw materials for life – could develop in space.
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Jings said:
Archeologists find traces of extra-terrestrial organic matter in millions years old rocks.

www.thearchaeologist.org

Expert Claims Traces Of Otherworldly Organic Matter Has Just Been Found In Mountains In South Africa

Expert claims traces of otherworldly organic matter has just been found in Mountains in South Africa. Today, we take a look at what has been found in these mountains in South Africa. For the first time, scientists have discovered evidence of extra-terrestrial organic matter in terrestrial rocks. Th
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I do wonder why an archaeology website would be covering this.
 
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Jings said:
Geology is focused mineralogy, without the organic matter.
Paleontology is the study of fossils and organisms preserved in rocks, so would be the best fit.
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Took my kids to the richest fossil site in RSA. Mostly mammals, which was a disappointment to my 5 yr old dinosaur obsessed son, but really worth while if you are ever near Langebaan

West Coast Fossil Park

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My 7 yr old daughter wants to be both a paleontologist and a vetinarian. She doesn't yet realise the depth of study to achieve both these goals, but quite charmingly she realised that the two jobs are incompatible. She then chose to be a paleontologist during the week, and a vet on the weekend.

I encourage her in either career but she'll probably end up an accountant.
 
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My son wants to be a paleontologist (copying his older sister) and a ninja.

I'm not sure if those two career paths have any overlap either, but I would like to see a somersaulting masked, black suited man leaping into an archeological dig, armed with nothing but a soft brush. Maybe a small trowel.
 
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Adenoviruses can cause respiratory, eye and stomach infections. Health officials say two mutated adenovirus strains are responsible for the number of sick and dead children. The virus has also been found in Maharashtra and Karnataka states.

Helplines have been set up by the local government to handle calls from concerned parents, and the Health and Family Welfare Department has cancelled health workers’ leave to deal with the volume of cases. Clinics have been instructed to open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Protocols used during the Covid pandemic, such as mask-wearing and social distancing, are being introduced to slow infections, although schools have not been ordered to close.

“The magnitude and severity of the epidemic is unprecedented,” said paediatrician Apurba Ghosh.
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Virus outbreak in West Bengal leaves 19 children dead and thousands in hospital

Indian state in crisis after adenovirus hits 12,000 people this year and families with sick children camp outside Kolkata hospital
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