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China edits genes to create disease-resistant wheat
China has revealed the mechanism behind gene-edited wheat varieties that are able to fight disease without affecting yield.
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1001 mystery
Unsolved mysteries in Chinese history
Since ancient times, the mystical land of China has recorded a number of mysteries with fascinating stories. Some great examples include assassinations of historical fig…
Conquer Mars
Achievements of NASA robots after a year of exploring Mars
The Perseverance robot has achieved many achievements such as drilling for the first time to sample rocks on another planet or extracting oxygen from the Martian atmosph…
Archeology
Find the 'garden of paradise' where 2 human species met, creating us today
Modern Homo sapiens bears more or less the characteristics of other extinct human species, not by blood, but more or less skills inherited from distant ancestors.
Archeology
'Crocodile hybrid' 240 million years old: Each tooth is a knife
One of the most terrifying beasts of its time, recently identified from fossils unearthed in Tanzania, is an archosaur, a group of crocodile-like reptiles of the Triassi…
Archeology
Explore 2,600-year-old ancient wells: Where 'life after death' is created
Among a group of extremely large burial wells in the ancient cemetery of Abusir north of Saqqara (Cairo, Egypt), scientists have found a special ancient well containing…
Archeology
Creepy 'ghost' village emerges between Spain-Portugal border
The ruins of a 'ghost' village have been exposed after a drought dried up a dam on the Spain-Portugal border, attracting curious crowds.
Space science
Admire the heart-shaped oasis seen from space
Astronauts on the International Space Station photographed an oasis over 1,200 square kilometers with a unique shape in the middle of the desert.
Alien
The planet as bright as a diamond flies next to the 'Two-sided Earth with life'
The closest star system to us Proxima Centauri continues to reveal a mysterious 3rd planet, with equally interesting details next to the 2-sided Earth Proxima Centauri b…
Animal world
Plankton - The planet's largest CO2 storage 'store'
Not the land or the trees, the sea is the most effective permanent storage of CO2.
History
The American newspaper only named the most ugly and poor quality pistol in history
Journalist Brent Eastwood writes in a 19fortyfive (US) portal post, the Japanese Nambu pistol can be called the worst in history.
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Top 9 interesting facts about teeth that may surprise you
These weird and wonderful facts, listed in consultation with dentists, can be extremely practical for you.
Archeology
Found 95 million-year-old fossils of 'terrible' crocodiles that eat dinosaurs
Australian scientists have found fossils of a new species of crocodile that still has its last meal in its stomach, the carcass of ornithopods.
Space science
The observatory captured the 'zombie' eating the planet: is this the future of Earth?
For the first time, scientists have captured unequivocal evidence of a white dwarf star ripping and swallowing parts of its own planet.
Space science
Detecting Earth's core in a super-ionic state
Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered that the innermost core of the Earth is not in a normal solid state but a superionic state.