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Calculation record of 100 trillion digits of Pi
Using a cloud computing service, programmer relations expert Emma Haruka Iwao calculated 100 trillion digits of Pi, according to a June 8 announcement by Google.
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History
'Red river' in China: The rain changes brilliant colors, the drink made from this river water is famous for everyone
In the tributary of Truong Giang, there is a very special tributary, every time it rains, it becomes a red river. Is there such a miracle?
1001 mystery
The painful truth about the night of the Xiongnu tyrant's room
Right on the night of the room with the beauty Ildico, Attila - the tyrant of the Xiongnu died. After his death, he was buried at an undisclosed location.
Conquer Mars
Rock 'hitchhiking' robot probes Mars for 4 months
A small rock got into the front wheel of the Mars rover Perseverance and became a companion during its more than 8.5km journey.
Oceanography
Is the Red Sea really as red as the name suggests?
Is the color of the sea really red as the name suggests for the waters in the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia? Why does it have such a name?
Oceanography
Despite being called a 'shark', this species has the best body in the world, not a single individual is overweight.
Known as 'sharks', these creatures have the top proportions in the animal world. That's how effective swimming helps to lose weight.
Archeology
The 'amazing' condition of the wreck from 160 years ago
The US warship USS Monitor was found to be in 'astonishingly good condition', despite having sunk on the seabed off the coast of North Carolina since 1862. 'amazingly go…
Archeology
Humans are shrinking for a scary cause?
55 million years ago, early horses went through a period of unusual body atrophy. We humans may be entering that phase by an unthinkable agent.
Archeology
China found a thousand-year-old Buddha statue in gold and silver in a cave
Archaeologists have found that the giant Tathagata Buddha statue in the Longmen Grottoes in Henan may have been plated with gold, silver and encrusted with colored glass.
Archeology
'Treasures of the Qing Dynasty' were once abandoned in the corner of the kitchen, selling for more than 41 billion dong
An ancient ceramic vase related to the Qing Dynasty emperor Qianlong, once forgotten in the kitchen corner for a long time, has just been auctioned for a record-high amo…
Archeology
Investigate the 'conspiracy theory' about the 340-year-old ghost ship that buried the crown prince of England
After 15 years of painstaking research, the truth about a ghost ship half-buried on the seabed is gradually revealed.
Archeology
Discovering Mayan cooking secrets from the latrine
The Mayans invented a cooking process that could increase the nutritional properties of corn tenfold, this was discovered by experts when analyzing latrines in Guatemala.
Space science
If Earth is destroyed, will we be able to migrate to another planet?
About 5 billion years from now, the Sun will leave the main sequence and become a red giant.
Space science
New evidence of Earth's ability to 'reverse'
Earth's protective crust has undergone an unusual change over the past two centuries, which may affect the planet's magnetic polarity reversal.
Space science
China publishes the most detailed map of the Moon
China has released a new topographic map of the Moon with the most detailed 1:2,500,000 scale to date, revealing a variety of rocks and impact craters.