Animal world
Mother birds use cigarettes to make ... food for children?
The image shows a thin, black bird (like a seagull) giving children a piece of abandoned cigarette on the beach.
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Animal world
The eagle owl lays eggs after 23 years is thought to be male
The eagle owl shocked the whole sanctuary in England by laying an egg for more than 20 years, it has always been like a bull.
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How dangerous is radiation?
When we hear 'radiation', we often think of big explosions and scary mutations, but that's only a part.
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Exotic legs of ostriches in Africa
Although after learning the cause of such deformed legs, the people in this tribe still did not want to step outside.
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Why should the fan turn off when it is too hot?
With hot waves everywhere from Japan to England, from Algeria to California, everyone has a lot of cool tips.
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The painful truth behind 'Indian gold' has fascinated Western painting for centuries
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Oceanography
Detecting worm species with eyes at the tail
Ampharete oculicirrata is found at a depth of 120m with an eye on the head and eyes on the caudal peduncle.
Oceanography
For the first time, record killer whales 'kissing lips' to reconcile
The act of kissing lips and lightly biting the same tongue is said to be the way the killer whales reconcile with their fellow men after the battle.
Archeology
Discovered new carnivorous dinosaurs who once lived in the desert
Southern Brazilian fossils reveal new small carnivorous dinosaurs that adapt well to desert environments.
Space science
SpaceX finally succeeded in catching the spaceship nose with a floating net in the middle of the sea
'Imagine you have $ 6 million in cash in the air, and are about to crash into the sea. Are you going to catch them? Of course.'
Space science
'Ghosts' gas reveals traces of alien creatures?
The gas that is hard to smell and toxic to Earth phosphine can help scientists track alien life in other distant solar systems.
Biology
The fungus forces cicadas to mate when they lose their genitals
A parasitic fungus not only explodes cicadic belly to spread spores but also controls them to mate to death to increase infection.
Biology
Reddit is mumbling because the plant produces the same flower as a hummingbird!
The internet is not the only meme ...
Animal world
Not only humans, many monkeys have entered the Stone Age from 3000 years ago
To be as successful as it is today, people have undergone an evolutionary process lasting millions of years, originating in the Stone Age from 3.6 million years ago.