Animal world
Microplastics found in dried fish in many Asian countries
Microplastics have been found in dried fish products across Asia, including China and Japan.
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Animal world
Bats pretend to be wasps to avoid being eaten by owls
When the great mouse-eared bat (Myotis myotis) is caught by an owl, it mimics the buzzing of a wasp to fool predators.
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Did life on Earth originate from outer space?
crashed into the US, Canada and Australia, thereby supporting the hypothesis that similar objects in space may have reached Earth very early.
Oceanography
The 'sea monster' market has 300 teeth
A Portuguese fishing boat conducted research near the coast and caught a 'sea monster' more than 600m underwater.
Oceanography
Why are deep-sea animals often huge in size?
Many large deep-sea animals outnumber their relatives elsewhere, perhaps for environmental reasons or for survival purposes.
Archeology
Unexpected discovery of mysterious cave drawings in North America
Giant drawings of Native Americans have just been revealed by a team of scientists.
Archeology
China's thousand-year-old national treasure originating from Vietnam: Extremely rare item!
Many Chinese people do not know that the 10-ton national treasure being displayed in this country originates from Vietnam.
Space science
In the universe there is a kind of 'time machine' that can bend both space and time
That is the claim of an international team of scientists when studying supernova 2014C, a type of cosmic monster capable of
Biology
If you drop an ant from the 63rd floor, will it die?
The answer depends on the final velocity of the free fall.
Animal world
Seeing the goat walking on two legs, the owner took out his phone to record, what happened next caused shivers
This is a strange phenomenon and makes the farm owner feel scared. The recorded clip also immediately caused an Internet fever.
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What is special about the 'gold' in this volcano that makes hundreds of workers risk their lives to get it?
In the province of East Java, Indonesia, hundreds of miners risk their lives to get 'golden blocks' flowing from the crater of an active volcano with extremely harsh wor…
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The village with the most terrible appearance but the most livable on earth
Kandovan is the only cliff-top village in the world inhabited by people. At first glance, the village seems scary, but here life is peaceful, in harmony between nature a…
Oceanography
Surprised to meet rare copper scale arowana off the coast of California
This is the rarest of all arowana species, and scientists have previously only found live individuals a handful of times.
Oceanography
Scientists suddenly discovered a huge amount of sugar hidden under the sea
Scientists estimate that the world has 0.6 to 1.3 million tons of sugar in the land under seagrass, equivalent to the sugar in 32 billion cans of soft drinks.
Archeology
Giant stone structures in Saudi Arabia, the oldest monuments in the world?
According to archaeologists, there are hundreds of stone structures found throughout Saudi Arabia, including on the slopes of volcanoes.