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Recreate earthquakes in laboratories
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Recreate earthquakes in laboratories

US researchers have used a giant reel to conduct experiments to help explain how to trigger large earthquakes and reveal possible earthquake risks.

December 16, 2018
Spectacular rare frosted rainbow
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Spectacular rare frosted rainbow

At first glance, you will have a rainbow feeling in this picture that has been covered by a fuzzy smoke screen like in fairytale fairy tales.

December 16, 2018
'Pencil
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'Pencil

Sadly, waste that can be recycled or reused is left to the ground to decompose, or if it is non-biodegradable, they stay there forever. To help solve the problem, a team…

December 16, 2018
The ozone layer only recovered after 40 years
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The ozone layer only recovered after 40 years

Xinhua quoted Geir Braathen, a WMO expert, saying that in the past decade, the stratospheric ozone layer in the Arctic and Antarctic regions as well as globally has not…

December 16, 2018
6 best biofuel types
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6 best biofuel types

Biofuels - formed from plant-animal-derived compounds - are hailed as a safe and clean energy source for future pollution reduction. But do they really bring full benefi…

December 16, 2018
Predict the wake of the super volcano Yellowstone
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Predict the wake of the super volcano Yellowstone

Although it seems to be sleeping, the Yellowstone super volcano (USA) can erupt lava in the future, and scientists are trying to improve predictability when Yellowstone…

December 16, 2018
Urban 'swallowed' 20,000 football fields every day
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Urban 'swallowed' 20,000 football fields every day

The pace of expansion of cities is at its highest level in human history and the world loses an area of ​​20,000 American football fields every day because of urbanizati…

December 16, 2018
Blocking oil spill disaster with magnets
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Blocking oil spill disaster with magnets

Spill oil can cause terrible impacts on marine ecosystems. Therefore, the effort to minimize the damage in the oil spill incident is extremely important.

December 16, 2018
Dual rainbow in America
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Dual rainbow in America

After a tornado, the beautiful double rainbow appeared in the United States and a resident captured the scene. Jonmikel Pardo, a man in Lander, Wyoming, USA saw a double…

December 16, 2018