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Rare photos of Hiroshima and Nagasaki after the atomic bomb tragedy, 78 years later, still haunting
The world's first two atomic bombs dropped by the US military on Japanese cities created an unprecedented tragedy.
Biology
Ancient tree survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb
Some tree species such as willow, camphor, persimmon, eucalyptus... still stand and grow young buds despite suffering many scars from the power of the atomic bomb droppe…
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Decoding the mysterious 'shadow' on the sidewalk, is it a supernatural phenomenon?
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear disasters left many mysterious questions, typically these
Science invention
The world's first LED light made from rice husks
The team from Hiroshima University utilizes discarded rice husks to develop eco-friendly red-orange LEDs.
Space science
3 billion tons of meteorite fall to Earth
Evidence of a meteorite attack that is equivalent to 940 million bombs dropped by the US Hiroshima was explored in the UK, after 1.2 billion years of burial.
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'Glass rain' falls on Hiroshima beach
Scientists have sought to explain the strange glass pieces of water droplets that appear throughout the beaches around Hiroshima (Japan).
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The object was amazingly intact after the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima
According to Express, the white porcelain cup with this lid is intact but there is a piece of hot glass that clings to the side, which is a testament to the terrible nuc…
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The man 2 times the atomic bomb did not die
On August 6, 1945, when the United States threw the first atomic bomb into Hiroshima, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was then Mitsubishi's tanker designer who took orders to work in…
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Uranium enrichment: Death technology
Iran's implementation of uranium enrichment technology has raised international concerns
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Decode the most terrible atomic bomb series in history
The atomic bomb explosions that happened in the past made people shudder in fear of the terrible impact it caused.
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Rare picture of mushroom atomic cloud in Hiroshima
An extremely rare photograph of a giant mushroom cloud divided into two parts after the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, Japan was found.
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NASA: Asteroids with tremendous destructive power can crash into Earth in 2023
A large asteroid with 1,500 times the destructive power of US atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Japan) combined, can hit the Earth directly.
Space science
A 230m-diameter asteroid approaches the Earth
The asteroid with 300 times the destructive power of Hiroshima's atomic bomb, Japan, grazed the Earth on June 24.
Space science
Found a meteorite pattern falling in America
On April 26, US scientists announced that small meteorite fragments found in the northern state of California were part of a giant fireball that exploded over the weeken…