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Where in the world is prone to turbulence like Singapore and Qatar planes?
Scientists reveal the factors behind the turbulence that caused Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Qatar Airways planes to crash.
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1001 mystery
The mystery of the ghostly light makes scientists scratch their heads
Today we have discovered exoplanets thousands of light years away from earth.
Oceanography
Shark set a record for swimming 27,666km across the Pacific Ocean
A silk shark broke a world record by migrating tens of thousands of kilometers in 546 days.
Oceanography
Using 60kg bait, the group of fishermen caught a giant fish weighing up to 436.2kg
It took a group of fishermen nearly 3 hours to pull the 436.2 kg swordfish onto the ship off the coast of Australia.
Archeology
The mystery of the lavish ancient tombs of the Han Dynasty keeps robbers away
The ancient tomb of a couple who lived 1,800 years ago remains inexplicably intact among tombs stripped of treasures by robbers.
Archeology
The 31,000-ton stone stele of the Chinese emperor
The stone stele with 3 parts: base, body and top, totaling more than 70m high and cast from mountain rock, is so massive that it cannot be moved and is being wasted.
Archeology
Should we open the world's oldest bottle of wine?
Over the past few years, contemporary historians have debated whether Speyer wine, the oldest known bottle of wine, should be opened.
Archeology
Renovating the wine cellar, shocked by 300 giant monster bones
The terrible bone pit under the floor of a wine cellar in Austria belongs to beasts that lived about 40,000 years ago and are now extinct.
Archeology
Unearthed a 300-year-old coin hidden by a Polish scammer
Metal detectorists have unearthed a treasure trove of coins that may have once belonged to a charlatan who hid in the mountains of south-central Poland after scamming pe…
Archeology
Cosmic rays shed light on 7,000-year-old Greek village
A powerful cosmic ray caused a spike in radiocarbon levels in an area of Greece in 5259 BC.
Space science
Find the 'highway' straight into the space-time tear
The hypothetical structure mentioned by Einstein in 1915 has been confirmed in a space-time tear 10,000 light years away from us.
Space science
Discovered 16 ancient super black holes bombarding the universe
A team of astronomers has investigated where powerful beams from these 10 billion-year-old black holes have been and are heading.
Space science
Discovered that the 3 oldest stars in the universe are 'invading' the Milky Way
Astronomers have discovered three ancient stars that once belonged to the universe's first galaxies
Space science
NASA spacecraft 24 billion km away transmits data after 6 months of problems
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is back to normal operation after a serious problem last November left the spacecraft unable to transmit data for months.
Space science
In early June, watch 6 planets 'march' in line in the sky
During the first week of June, stargazers have the opportunity to witness the rare event of six planets aligning in the sky.