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1001 wondering: How much does the world's largest mouse weigh?
Capybara water guinea pigs are the largest rodents in the world. As noted, there has been an individual weighing nearly 100kg in Brazil.
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Oceanography
Successfully decode the genome of the mysterious giant squid
The first true picture of the mysterious giant squid was taken in 2005, but since then not too much information has been revealed about this mollusk.
Space science
The materials that make up the Earth come from the giant red star dust
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) believe that a portion of the material that makes up Earth comes from giant red stars. They also know why…
Oceanography
Fishermen catch giant 50-year-old grouper in the United States
A fisherman caught a grouper weighing 159kg and was determined to be about 50 years old in southwest Florida, USA. This is the oldest fish ever caught here.
Space science
The giant planet is throwing meteors toward Earth
The research results show that the gas giant of the Solar System is not exactly the bodyguard of Earth and other small rocky planets as previously thought.
Space science
Physicist proposed moving the Solar System to save Earth
Physicist Matthew Caplan came up with the idea of moving the Solar System with a giant device that draws energy from the sun's heat.
Space science
China discovered more than 10,000 big stars containing many lithium elements
Chinese astronomers have discovered more than 10,000 giant stars containing many lithium elements.
Space science
Found a giant galaxy, 2.5 times larger than the Milky Way galaxy
The US and NASA Space Hubble Space Telescope has discovered UGC 2885, the largest spiral galaxy ever recorded.
Discover science
A giant 2,000-year-old 'ghost ship' comes to life with sound waves
Using sonar technology to explore the seabed by sound waves, scientists have discovered a shadowy figure like a ghost ship up to 34 m long, hidden in deep Mediterranean…
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The largest scavenger flower in the world blooms in Indonesia
The huge Rafflesia tuan-mudae scavenger flower has a diameter of up to 111 cm, far exceeding the record of 107 cm of an individual of the same species blooming a few yea…
Life
Australia record hot, the sea into a 'hot pot' cooked many creatures
Climate change is causing Australia to experience a record heat wave with many forest fires and its effects under the sea are much worse.
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Discovered 'gas planet' 464 times larger than Earth
NASA's alien world hunter TESS continues to discover two giant planets, where one year is only 1.64 to 3.7 Earth days long.
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Giant white sharks swim 2370km from the Canadian coast to the United States
The researchers caught a giant white shark weighing more than 453 kg, after it completed a 2,370 km swim from Canada to the Miami coast, USA.
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Why do pandas like to listen to love songs when doing 'sex'?
Scientists from China and the US have just published interesting findings from a study of today's mating rituals of pandas and the results are extraordinary and very rom…
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NASA reveals images of giant 'burning' clouds in space
NASA's Spitzer space telescope captured the fiery moment of a giant mass of gas and dust that spanned more than 500 light-years.