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A new cleaner made of sawdust and water can remove up to 99% of disease-carrying microorganisms, including anthrax and some strains of the flu virus.
Most volcanic activity happens beneath the ocean – but not everyone knows it.
On January 20, a team of doctors from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the US announced that it had successfully transplanted a pig's kidney into the bod…
Snow and ice cover the sand in the Sahara Desert after the temperature here dropped to -2 degrees Celsius under the influence of a high-pressure cold air mass.
Volcanic tsunamis, like the one in Tonga on January 15, baffle scientists because of their complexity.
The undersea Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano produces unprecedented amounts of lightning, accompanied by explosions that can be heard from thousands of kilometers away.
Impressive photos taken on the streets of Tokyo in the mid-20th century show that the Japanese had a very unique way of delivering food long before services like Swiggy,…
Beer and cheese is a combination that is not too strange, but on the contrary, it is also very popular in many countries around the world. Interestingly, humans have bee…
In 2021, the Arctic region saw 7,278 lightning bolts, twice as many as in the previous nine years combined. This is a rare phenomenon.
In the spring of 2021, a young female engineer in Kenya designed a solar-powered refrigerator.
The Earth's magnetic north pole continues to shift for reasons that have not been fully explained by science.
Restaurants around the world strive for the prestigious Michelin star – So what is a Michelin star and why is it so important?
The researchers found a lot of evidence suggesting the existence of a supervolcano connected to seven other volcanoes on the Aleutian Islands.
Desert dust - fine and capable of reaching high into the sky like ghosts - has the ability to destroy many pollutants, but also silently causes terrifying effects.
Hydrogen-powered ferries that can carry 75 passengers are environmentally friendly, which can help save the planet from the ill effects of climate change.