Oceanography
How deep is the ocean?
The average depth of the ocean is about 3,700m. The deepest point in the ocean known today is Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench with a depth of about 10,935m (nearly…
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Videos
Shocking moment the world's second most venomous snake flattens itself to sneak into a house
Video posted by Mark Pelley shows a large eastern brown snake flattening its body to squeeze through a door.
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The Earth's Crust Is 'Dripping' in Türkiye
Strange cracks and depressions in Türkiye's Central Anatolian Plateau are evidence of the Earth's crust sinking deeper into itself.
Biology
Discover life under a 15km deep crack
Microorganisms thrive in one of the harshest environments of the Earth, opening the hope of finding life on another planet.
Environment
Cracks on ice absorb nearly 5 billion liters of lake water
The phenomenon of lakes draining on the glacier due to huge cracks can make the ice become more and more unstable.
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Russian scientists created a scanner that could detect even the smallest crack in an airplane
Physicists at Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) created Russia's first multi-contrast X-ray machine.
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Biological unlocking and the rejection of young people's blood transfusions to 'complete rejuvenation'
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What will happen if the Earth is cut in half?
Imagine one day the Earth was attacked. But instead of destroying them all, attackers decided to cut our planet in half. What will happen next?
Environment
California earthquakes create giant cracks in the desert
Satellite imagery records a crack that extends over the previously contained water area, causing some of the water to be absorbed.
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Africa faces the risk of breaking in half: Cracks long thousands of meters are evidence
A giant crack, lasting thousands of meters, suddenly appeared in southwestern Kenya.
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The culprit sucking water makes the river section more than 1,000 meters disappear
The whole water in the Doubs River flowing through the east of France is sucked into the ground by cracks and craters in the river.
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The appearance of huge fissures, evidence of Africa began to split into two, forming a new continent
The above cracks are still growing, leaving a part of the Nairobi - Narok highway destroyed, accompanied by seismic activities in the area.
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The giant split in Africa is getting bigger and bigger, but what does this mean?
Recently, social news sites have posted a large crack image in the Rift valley area (Narok County, Kenya). As noted, the crack is 15m deep, 20m wide, and is growing long…
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The soil cracked an unprecedented giant split the African continent
According to the Daily Star, the video shows a large crack in Kenya's Rift valley area. The crack destroyed a main road and a 72-year-old woman's house.