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Leonardo da Vinci's ostrich egg globe
Leonardo da Vinci was the first to create a globe depicting the Americas in 1504 from ostrich eggs.
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Oceanography
Not Amazon, Earth also has a larger lung in the ocean but few people know it
It turns out that the Earth is still breathing with larger lungs in the ocean, an ecosystem few of us know about: The seagrass fields.
Archeology
Archaeologists are amazed at the 5,000-year-old 'Scottish Pompeii' ruins
Researchers have been stunned by a 5,000-year-old ancient settlement on the Orkney Islands, described as 'Scottish Pompeii (Scottish Pompeii)'.
Archeology
Surprised by the 'unique' discovery of the ancient Egyptian civilization
Recently, Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric Egyptian cemetery, the special thing is that this cemetery is unlike anything they have ever found before.
Space science
US company successfully tested a rocket-free spaceship launch system
The US company has successfully tested a new system consisting of a vacuum chamber that can rotate the launch vehicle to supersonic speeds and then release it into the a…
Space science
Moon, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter line up in the sky
Astronomy lovers around the world share photos of the rare moment when the Moon is aligned with Venus, Saturn, Jupiter in the night sky.
Space science
NASA delays the return of humans to the Moon
The NASA director said on November 9 that the flight to carry astronauts back to the Moon after five decades would not take place earlier than 2055.
Space science
Strange objects invade the Solar System to... build a new planet?
New US research shows that interstellar objects like the asteroid Oumuamua or comet 2I/Borisov contribute greatly to the formation of planets.
Space science
NASA captures 'future image' of Sun exploding and dying
The Hubble Space Telescope - being operated jointly by NASA and ESA - has captured a beautiful nebula 1,370 light-years away.
Space science
Found strange meteorites outside the Solar System: Suspect alien remnants
It is possible that this meteorite is several billion years older than the Solar System.
Animal world
Sharks revived in Thames after 64 years the river was considered 'biologically dead'
Although many sections of the river have been declared 'biologically dead' since 1957, the Thames is now revived and is home to three species of sharks.
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Why is the La Nina phenomenon so destructive to the planet?
The transition from El Nino to La Nina creates a form of terrible destruction to people, the environment and ecosystems on Earth.
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Surprise about the first continent to 'pierce' the Earth's ocean
A new study has pushed back the time when the first continent appeared hundreds of millions of years back, with a very strange and mysterious way of rising out of the oc…
1001 mystery
Hy-Brasil: Legendary ghost island and mysterious UFO coordinates written in binary
It is said that the island is inhabited by saints or is a paradise where advanced civilization is located.