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Were women allowed to fight as gladiators in ancient Rome?
Were women allowed to fight as gladiators in ancient Rome?
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The 700-year-old ancient temple on the Yangtze River, still solid through many natural disasters
Dubbed the first temple on the Yangtze River, this sacred place of worship has remained standing for 700 years and through many floods.
Space science
Appears like this Earth, habitable exoplanet
According to SciTech Daily, that's a Moon just as big as Earth's Moon.
Space science
Scientists come up with a new hypothesis about a symmetric universe
Scientists think there is a symmetric version of the universe with a retrograde charge and retrograde time.
Space science
Admire the image of the 5,250km2 wide artificial lake seen from space
The European Space Agency (ESA) on March 18 released an image of Lake Nasser, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world, of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite.
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Anchorage: Small airport on top of the world
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport is a normal cargo hub, equidistant between New York and Tokyo, with a flight time of only 9.5 hours compared to world airline…
Biology
Brachiosaurus dinosaur, just vomiting can kill you already!
Brachiosaurus is one of the tallest and largest dinosaurs yet found. It has a long neck, small head, and relatively short, thick tail.
History
The Legend of the Lost City of Caesars - The Unseen Land of Patagonia
The Legend of the Lost City of Caesars, The Unseen Land of Patagonia
Conquer Mars
Finding the 'key' for humans to breathe on Mars
Not every new technological device is too sublime, but it is the tiny bacteria.
Archeology
The most complete dinosaur fossil at the Australian museum
The 67-million-year-old triceratops specimen from Montana astounds researchers with 266 bone fragments preserved to date.
Space science
Studying the light emitted by black holes helps narrow the search for axions
The light particle - called an axion - has been proposed as a solution to the mystery of why the universe has so little antimatter and is a candidate for the elusive dar…
Space science
Azuma Makoto - Pioneer in the project of bringing trees into space
Azuma Makoto and his colleagues have brought a 50-year-old white bonsai tree and many other plants such as orchids, hydrangeas, lilies... into space.
Space science
Shocking new study: Mercury may contain 16 trillion tons of diamonds
Simulations from new research published at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC) in Houston, Texas last week suggest that Mercury's surface could be filled w…
Space science
America's 2,875-ton 'machine' on the launch pad: Beating Saturn V, becoming the most powerful rocket in the world
SLS is the most powerful missile in the world that the US possesses. SLS is about to carry out NASA's 'golden era missions'.
Animal world
Close-up of the magical beauty of snakes - The silent killer
Scary poisonous snakes often possess a splendid beauty, beautiful but at the same time extremely dangerous, able to kill the victim in the blink of an eye.