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Discover 33 strange gems that help 'turn back time' on Earth
The 33 precious zircon crystals, which look like extremely dark rubies, are time capsules that help reveal what happened on Earth 3.3 to 4.15 billion years ago.
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If born in space, can humans live normally on Earth?
Biological processes in the weightless environment take place in a different way than on Earth, adaptive mechanisms in the human body must be rebuilt.
Scientific application
Nuclear reactors on… trucks: A chance to score points for the kind of energy that is considered 'poisoning the Earth'
Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to develop and commercialize nuclear reactors small enough to be transported on trucks by the end of the next decade. The compa…
Space science
Angel Wings: Scary future when the galaxy containing the Earth collides
A window into the future has been captured by the Hubble telescope: A view of two equally massive galaxies that make up the object known as the Angel's Wing.
Environment
'Decode' the deadliest island on Earth, no one dares to enter
Vozrozhdeniya became the deadliest island on Earth after the appearance of tons of deadly diseases like anthrax, as well as other strange diseases.
History
'Monsters' from the ground that made people disappear for 1,000 years may rise again
The chilling discovery of an event that happened 3,800 years ago in the Atacama death desert serves as a grim warning of a repeatable disaster, far beyond what modern hu…
Biology
'Strange beast' alive from the primitive earth: Inhaling air, exhaling electricity
The planet Earth billions of years ago had biological power plants... that you had to use a microscope to see.
Oceanography
Sea water suddenly turns red around the super volcano
The waters around the Campi Flegei supervolcano in Italy turn red, signaling increased activity below the water's surface.
Environment
Appears a 'sky river' capable of 'breaking' a continent
The atmospheric river, also known by scientists as the heavenly river, is actually a terrifying phenomenon that threatens to collapse the largest ice shelf on the Antarc…
Space science
China will launch satellite to search for Earth clones
With 10 to 15 times stronger than NASA's Kepler telescope, the new Chinese satellite will find exoplanets in the habitable zone of a Sun-like star.
Space science
Comet weighing 500,000 billion tons rushes towards Earth
The Hubble Space Telescope photographed the largest comet ever recorded, helping astronomers calculate its enormous size.
Space science
Today, the sky is 'on fire' because a fireball collides with the Earth
At speeds of up to millions of miles per hour, the fireball originating from the sun's dead sunspot is forecast to collide with Earth's atmosphere on April 14.
Environment
Scientists issue 'ultimatum' about Earth's last endurance
The fight to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius has reached its final limits, according to a new report published by the world's top scientists o…
Space science
The 'youngest' planet Earth is stuck with a paradoxical summer lasting 40 years
Six super telescopes have focused on Earth's coldest and most mysterious brother and discovered very strange things are happening on this planet.
Space science
'Demon Particle' from another dimension appeared all over the Earth?
Cosmic relic from another dimension may be the invisible ghostly particles that make up the so-called dark matter that scientists around the world are pursuing.