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The dog astronaut Laika and the one-way flight of no return'
From a stray dog, Laika was chosen to become the first living creature in the 'suicide' flight, orbiting the Earth aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957.
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Top 8 body parts that hide many interesting things that even you yourself don't know
No one thinks that their smooth skin can look very 'colorful' under UV light, right?
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Detecting the fastest 'massive' black hole in 9 billion years
Australian scientists have discovered a supermassive black hole with the mass of 3 billion Suns. They believe this is the fastest growing black hole in the past 9 billio…
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China built the world's tallest planetarium
Construction of the planetarium at an altitude of 3,650 meters above sea level began on June 12 in the Tibet Autonomous Region.
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What if we traveled at twice the speed of light?
As far as we know, a person cannot travel at twice the speed of light. Einstein's theory of relativity seems to say that it can't happen, but what if it could? Some unus…
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Japan builds robot centaur to explore the Moon
R1 robot prototype is equipped with 4 wheeled legs, 2 CCTV cameras and 2 clamp-like hands that can perform flexible movements.
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Google engineer claims robot has consciousness, was laid off without pay
Tesla CEO Elon Musk says that maybe AI is the biggest risk facing human civilization.
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NASA spacecraft is about to fly through Venus' hellish atmosphere
NASA will launch a mission to fly over Venus and plunge through the planet's harsh atmosphere in 2029.
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The structure of the Chinese space station after completion
The complete Thien Cung space station is T-shaped with 3 modules, has a total living space of more than 110m3 and can accommodate 6 astronauts.
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Ancient nanostructures found in the mountains of Russia raise questions about humanity's level of development
Something as sophisticated and complex as nanotechnology could not have been developed without the structure of atoms and the microscope as a premise.
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The initiative to generate electricity from elevators in high-rise buildings
The system takes advantage of the elevator's idle time to generate electricity.
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Maybe you don't know: Opening a champagne cap is like launching a rocket
According to an article published in the journal Fluid Physics, the sound of a champagne cork turns out to have something in common with a rocket launcher.
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Laser can shorten nuclear waste disposal time from '1 million years to 30 minutes'
No matter how powerful one might think about nuclear energy, it is undeniable that creating nuclear power means releasing tons of radioactive waste.
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Unknown seeds discovered right on the stovetop
Researchers have discovered a new type of particle that is magnetic with the Higgs boson.
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India installs world's first liquid mirror telescope
The ILMT telescope contains more than 50 liters of mercury, or nearly 700 kg, and is expected to generate 10-15 GB of data per night.