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Mysterious 'ghost island' appears and then disappears on Google Maps, confusing scientists
There is a 'ghost island' in the South Pacific that has puzzled geographers for years now.
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How do jet engines work in heavy rain and ice?
How to remove water from jet engine in rainy conditions? Does rain or snow infiltration affect jet engine performance?
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No plastic bottles, Russians use canned water: What will this strange water taste like?
We are all too familiar with convenient plastic bottled water that we can carry with us. But the Russians used to have canned drinks that looked like cans of meat.
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Can anything travel faster than light?
Light has properties like both a particle and a wave, able to travel at speeds of up to about 300,000 kilometers per second in a vacuum.
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What really happened the day the Eiffel Tower appeared to the world in 1889?
Back in 1889, France held the Exposition Universelle, a world-wide fair with the highlight of the event being the Eiffel Tower.
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Why is there a phenomenon of ships floating on the sea?
Many times seafarers encounter the phenomenon of giant ships floating in the air, but this is only an optical illusion.
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After Dolly the sheep, why haven't humans cloned yet?
In 1996, Dolly the sheep caused a stir around the world after becoming the first mammal to be successfully cloned from an adult cell.
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American astronomer declares 'shock' about alien habitation
A leading American space scientist has claimed that he knows the best spots to search for alien life.
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Twins separated for 44 years, one in Korea, one in America, how did they grow up differently?
One became a government employee while the other was a chef. Their IQs differed by up to 16 points, while genes, diseases and personalities remained the same.
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Europe's largest floating solar farm is about to operate
Solar farm built on Alqueva artificial lake includes 12,000 panels, expected to provide electricity for about 1,500 households.
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Photographing a self-portrait in a French museum, an expert discovers a secret that has been hidden for 160 years
France's most daring painter has hidden a secret behind his self-portrait
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'Earth MRI' reveals another world full of strange creatures beneath Antarctica
According to Live Science, it's a vast ocean aquifer that may have been sealed off from the outside world for thousands of years.
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Russian 'Terminator' Armor - BMPT-72 Terminator-2: Game-changing weapon
According to experts, it is not easy for an armored fighting vehicle like the BMPT to gain a foothold in the Russian army, which is full of tanks and infantry fighting v…
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South Africa launches world's largest hydrogen truck
Anglo American on May 8 unveiled a 220-ton hydrogen-powered truck at a platinum mine in northern South Africa.
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Creating a strange, pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus
Physicists in Finland have created a pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus that can produce protons in a rare type of radioactive decay.