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Why do people have different blood types?
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Why do people have different blood types?

More than a century after the discovery of blood types, people still do not really know our bodies split up different blood types to do? And does having such blood types…

November 11, 2019
City of the future: Floating, clean and vertical
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City of the future: Floating, clean and vertical

Architects and designers around the world are scrambling for alternatives to traditional construction to ensure cities can be safe as climate change is becoming increasi…

November 11, 2019
Burial whales bloody red bubbles
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Burial whales bloody red bubbles

The unusual phenomenon of bubbling beach in the Samoa Islands attracts the attention of many visitors and local residents.

November 11, 2019
Humans can become extinct at any time
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Humans can become extinct at any time

According to Oxford University scientists, the highest probability that 100% of Earth's population will perish is 1 in 14,000.

November 11, 2019
Where life cannot exist on Earth
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Where life cannot exist on Earth

High salinity and toxic acids make the Dallol area in the Danakil basin the toughest place that does not exist in any form of life.

November 11, 2019