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Birds save fishermen in distress
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Birds save fishermen in distress

Two fishermen drifted between the oceans for 25 days in a stone container after their fishing boat crashed.

December 15, 2018
Inventor 'barefoot' in Kon Tum
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Inventor 'barefoot' in Kon Tum

His passion for scientific research has emerged since childhood. Since he was in middle school, he had bold ideas such as studying magnetic field guns, making artificial…

December 15, 2018
Manufacturer of carbon nanotubes
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Manufacturer of carbon nanotubes

Black bottles containing carbon nanotubes with large applications, seen with the naked eye, are easy to imagine, including coal powder. In fact, it is a high-tech produc…

December 15, 2018
The magic sneeze
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The magic sneeze

It's unbelievable, but it was true from the beginning of the last century, even in the most developed countries, on average, people lived only 40 years of age. The horri…

December 15, 2018
Put science into your life
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Put science into your life

A few years ago, I received a letter from an American soldier in Iraq. The letter said that serving on the battlefield had made him physically exhausted and depressed. B…

December 15, 2018
The man creates embryonic stem cells
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The man creates embryonic stem cells

10 years ago in a small lab like a private room, James' Jamie Thomson, an embryologist, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison changed the world with the first human em…

December 15, 2018
The space war of GPS satellites
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The space war of GPS satellites

While on the ground, you don't know that you can be tracked by countless orbiting devices, including a global positioning system - GPS.

December 15, 2018
How does the Galapagos Islands change the world?
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How does the Galapagos Islands change the world?

The Galapagos Islands have a bizarre fauna with rare endemic animals of volcanic regions isolated on the Pacific Ocean. This is an archipelago of interest by many ecolog…

December 15, 2018
Behind NASA's achievements and failures
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Behind NASA's achievements and failures

They did what was supposed to be nearly impossible, but also caused many painful incidents. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of its founding, NASA looks back on its achi…

December 15, 2018
What did NASA do with animals and plants on orbit?
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What did NASA do with animals and plants on orbit?

Fish can swim in the artificial gravity? Are bees creating bile in a non-gravity state? Is able to live in a space station? These questions prompted NASA to bring creatu…

December 15, 2018
The senseless heroes of science
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The senseless heroes of science

Russians and Americans honor their first astronauts as heroes. But the real hero of the research is what is made of metal and silicon: unmanned explorer ship.

December 15, 2018