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Close-up of mating of 2 sea slugs
Oceanography

Close-up of mating of 2 sea slugs

Siphotperon sp.1 is a small sea slug found off the northeastern coast of Australia. This is a bisexual animal so the body carries both male and female genitalia.

December 17, 2018
Revealing the cause of the elephant's extinction
Archeology

Revealing the cause of the elephant's extinction

Mammoths disappeared from the ground after massive meteorites fell to Earth 12 thousand years ago. Many animals that cannot adapt to such sudden changes in climate have…

December 17, 2018
Behind the fall of the Maya empire
Archeology

Behind the fall of the Maya empire

The cities of the ancient Mayan empire developed extremely flourishing in southern Mexico and north of Central America for about 6 centuries. Then, around 900 AD, Maya c…

December 17, 2018
Meteorites make dinosaurs extinct
Archeology

Meteorites make dinosaurs extinct

Scientists have come to the final conclusion that a giant meteorite fell to Earth as the cause of the extinction of dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

December 17, 2018
Meteors created the oldest rocks of the Earth
Space science

Meteors created the oldest rocks of the Earth

According to Nature Geoscience, some of the oldest rocks on Earth can form due to the melting of basalt during the meteorite bombardment of the Earth.

December 17, 2018