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NASA astronaut sets record for longest stay in space
Astronaut Mark Vande Hei will spend 355 days on the ISS before returning to Earth on March 30.
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China just created the world's smallest transistor gate chip
Moore's Law has powered our lives for a while, and it's not dead yet. Chip manufacturers are trying to speed up the miniaturization of transistors to further write this…
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Nuclear waste vault safe for 100,000 years
Onkalo tunnel is located at a depth of more than 400 meters underground, specializing in storing highly radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, expected to operate…
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Fusion reactor hits 100 million degrees Celsius
The British company's spherical tokamak reactor achieves new achievements, moving closer to the goal of efficient fusion energy extraction.
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The quantum silkworm releases a glowing silk thread
Through quantum technology, scientists have successfully made silk threads that glow in a completely natural way.
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NASA starts the 2.9 million kg vehicle carrying rockets
NASA's giant 50-year-old crawler vehicle will carry the SLS rocket and Orion to the launch pad next week.
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Why did NASA spend $10 billion on James Webb glasses?
Technical challenges and delays were the main reasons why NASA's James Webb super telescope cost many times more than expected.
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Inverted rainbow or illusion 'teasing' viewers of creation?
The reverse rainbow was discovered by Italian astronomer and elementary school teacher Marcella Giulia Pace as the sun was about to set in the sky on February 24.
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The US is about to release more than 2 million genetically modified mosquitoes into the environment, the risk of harming the community?
Recently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the release of about 2.4 million genetically modified male mosquitoes in two states of Florida and
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Asteroid nearly 500m has just passed the Earth
NASA says an asteroid with a diameter more than three times larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt flew past Earth today.
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The world's first pig heart transplant patient has died
Maryland (USA) said on March 9 that a 57-year-old man in Maryland had died after a period of performing a pig heart transplant.
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Marie-Anne Lenormand: Prophetic prediction of Napoleon's marriage, rise and fall
Marie-Anne Lenormand: Prophetic prediction of Napoleon's marriage, rise and fall
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How to distinguish identical twins?
Identical twins often have identical characteristics, apart from the parents, it is difficult for outsiders to distinguish.
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Top 5 female scientists who changed the world
According to UNESCO statistics by 2020, only 30% of scientific researchers in the world are women. Obviously, this is an area where female scientists often find it diffi…
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Pyramid of Cestius: A unique building in ancient Rome
Referring to pyramids, people often think of ancient Egypt, however, these four-sided structures with tapered tops are also found around the world, belonging to many dif…