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Why do animals migrate?
Animal world

Why do animals migrate?

For the first time, engineers at MIT observed the beginning of a centralized migration event involving hundreds of millions of animals.

December 16, 2018
Reveal the secret hiding place of sea turtles
Animal world

Reveal the secret hiding place of sea turtles

Immediately after hatching and crawling into the sea, baby turtles disappear for 5 years. During that time, the place where the little creatures with the palm of their h…

December 16, 2018
Catch the giant stone fish over 100 years old
Animal world

Catch the giant stone fish over 100 years old

A fishing boat of the Trident Fisheries Company has just said it caught a giant Rock fish in Alaska waters, with a lifespan of less than 100 years. The fish weighs 27 kg

December 16, 2018
How do fish find their way home?
Animal world

How do fish find their way home?

Have you ever wondered in the vast ocean, how can small fish know the way back? To find out what led the cardinal fish back

December 16, 2018
Large seagulls once existed in the North Atlantic
Animal world

Large seagulls once existed in the North Atlantic

US researchers unearthed the first fossil reproduction site of the great albatross in Bermuda. This site contains many of their bones but no one lives there today nor el…

December 16, 2018
Inventing diving lights from bottles
Scientific application

Inventing diving lights from bottles

From the bottle and simple materials, a fisherman who invented the diving light, was attracted by divers on the ocean floor because of its cheap price, safe and effectiv…

December 16, 2018
Japan is about to exploit gas from
Scientific application

Japan is about to exploit gas from

Japan seeks to extract gas from the sediment of methane hydrate beneath the seabed, also known as ice flames. This trial will be conducted in southwestern Tokyo, between…

December 16, 2018
Solar ships cruise around the world
Scientific application

Solar ships cruise around the world

The world's largest solar ship, MS Turanor Planet Solar, left Monaco port at 14:00 on September 27 to make the journey around the world.

December 16, 2018
Why is the ocean blue?
Environment

Why is the ocean blue?

Glenn Smith, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology (USA), explained this problem: seawater is actually colorless but because it reflects the sky's blue colo…

December 16, 2018