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Never-before-seen monster revealed after 138 million years of hiding
A creature never before recorded by science has been found in
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Conquer Mars
China announces strange discovery of Mars robot before 'death'
Before being hit by a dust storm and losing contact, China's Zhurong robot made a groundbreaking discovery about what happened on Mars 400,000 years ago.
Archeology
Listen to the story of a thousand-year-old set of jewelry in a tomb
A jewelry set consisting of 4 earrings, 104 gold beads, and 2 agate artifacts in the shape of a water bird and a tiger from 2,000 years ago were found in the Lai Nghi bu…
Space science
Revealing the 'time-traveling' galaxy from where the universe began
The James Webb Space Telescope has captured one of the most incredible images yet of a galactic world 13.1 billion years ago.
Space science
NASA captures for the first time 4 objects that travel through space 13.4 billion years, the oldest in the universe
The James Webb Space Telescope has set a new record by reaching into the universe when it was just 2% of its current age and capturing images of the oldest galaxies ever…
Videos
Video: Facing a rat epidemic, Australian farmers create giant traps to catch thousands of rats every night
Rats not only destroy crops but also gnaw on machinery, vehicles and carry diseases to humans.
Conquer Mars
NASA discovers unusual sand dunes on Mars
On Earth they might be considered alien traces, but these are signs on Mars.
Animal world
Thousands of parrots invade Argentine town
The number of parrots outnumbers people in the town of Hilario Ascasubi after deforestation forced them to fly out in search of food, water and shelter.
Discover science
How was steel born?
Researchers don't know for sure when steel was invented, but some of the earliest examples of steel date back to the 1st millennium BC in Central and South Asia.
Oceanography
Crocodile collides with sharks right on the beach
Sharks and crocodiles share common habitats and prey, so they can interact when foraging.
Oceanography
Solutions to help replenish beach sand
MIT and Invena are testing submerged structures to collect sand, protect the islands of the Maldives, and even create new islands.
Archeology
Thousands of skeletons and weapons reveal battle 3,250 years ago
Researchers recently said that a new study has proven that thousands of skeletons and hundreds of weapons reveal a 3,250-year-old battle.
Oceanography
Decode thousands of mysterious craters on the California seabed
Thanks to underwater robots, researchers discovered more than 5,000 craters on the seafloor off the coast of California that were not caused by leaking methane gas.
Archeology
The thousand-year-old castle suddenly appeared under the basketball court
The ruins of a castle built in the early Middle Ages, then missing for centuries, have been found in Gloucester City - England.