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Researchers reveal a vast whale graveyard in the southeastern Indian Ocean, extending to depths of 7,000 metres and spanning hundreds of kilometres. The site hosts hundreds of fossil skeletons and five modern whale falls, highlighting a thriving deep-sea ecosystem that feeds on whale carcasses. The findings, published in Nature, deepen understanding of deep-sea life and whale evolution.
A long-forgotten tail vertebra from James Ross Island has been confirmed as belonging to a Titanosaur, dating from about 82 million years ago. The bone had been stored in a BAS drawer since 1985 and is the first dinosaur fossil identified on Antarctica. Scientists say the find reshapes understanding of the continent’s prehistoric ecosystems and suggests a forested, hospitable Antarctica.
Recent research shows prompt-injection techniques can paralyze AI assistants by manipulating context. Defenders are now adopting context‑bombing to throttle attacker success, while HalluSquatting raises concerns about scalable infections via code resources in repositories.