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UN warns 21st century environmental challenges
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UN warns 21st century environmental challenges

The United Nations on February 13 affirmed that the deteriorating soil condition and increasing number of nuclear reactors are the most urgent environmental problems tod…

December 16, 2018
Photos of the 21st century flying cars
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Photos of the 21st century flying cars

Engineers have been trying to build flying cars for a long time, but only a few successful designs have been able to fly in the air and run on the road.

December 16, 2018
'Attractive' predictions about the 21st century
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'Attractive' predictions about the 21st century

Some predictions about the next years of the 21st century have been given by theoretical physics professor Michio Kaku of New York University in the book of Future Physi…

December 15, 2018
3 challenging issues of the 21st century
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3 challenging issues of the 21st century

Community health care, asexual reproduction and climate change are issues of interest at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science -…

December 15, 2018
The first total eclipse of the 21st century
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The first total eclipse of the 21st century

On March 29, 2007, the first total solar eclipse of the 21st century will take place in Russia. Residents of Northern Caucasus, Northern Afghanistan and Antarctica (Russ…

December 15, 2018
21st century: Century of Nanotechnology
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21st century: Century of Nanotechnology

If the 20th century is considered a revolution in information technology, the 21st century will belong to nanotechnology. By nanotechnology, people can

December 15, 2018
Geniuses of the 21st century (part 1)
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Geniuses of the 21st century (part 1)

Today, every discovery is a step forward. But even when it's famous, it's just a brick on the high wall. Geniuses like Einstein are slightly different: they take a few b…

December 15, 2018
Geniuses of the 21st century (last part)
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Geniuses of the 21st century (last part)

If the British physicist David Deutsch makes sense, the meeting between any two people will take place infinitely in the multitude of parallel universes at the same time.

December 15, 2018
Predicting the future 50 years later
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Predicting the future 50 years later

Half a century ago, Isaac Asimov, a Russian-American science fiction writer, correctly predicted the evolution of human life in the 21st century.

December 15, 2018