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Discover the ghostly green lightning phenomenon
Green lightning is a natural optical phenomenon that occurs after sunset or before dawn. However, because of its ghostly blue light, many people confuse it with mysterio…
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A small fishing village surrounded by swamps has become the fastest millionaire-producing place on the planet
According to a newly published report, Shenzhen, China is the fastest place to produce USD millionaires in the world in the past decade and is forecast to continue to in…
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Top 10 mysterious things discovered by Google Earth: Image number 1 once caused heated debate!
Thanks to Google Earth, we can find countless strange things on Earth that no one thought existed for a long time.
Oceanography
Devil-faced fish - The most dangerous fish in the world
The devil-faced fish is recognized by Guinness World Records as having the largest venom gland of any other fish.
Oceanography
Japan begins the second largest whale hunt on Earth
Japan added fin whales, a once endangered marine mammal, to its commercial fishing list, causing concern among conservationists.
Oceanography
The giant mysterious blob in the Pacific Ocean has finally been revealed
Known since 2010, giant blobs in the Pacific Ocean have become a mystery to those who witness them.
Oceanography
A startling new discovery about the sound of blue whales
Scientists have just published new research on the sound of blue whales - the most mysterious animals on the planet.
Oceanography
The super-speed camera records the mantis shrimp's punch as fast as a bullet
Mantis shrimps are famous for possessing club-like claws that can deliver fatal blows to everything from hard-shelled prey to the thick glass of an aquarium.
Oceanography
The octopus sacrifices its arm to escape the eel
Videos shot by divers reveal that octopuses can cover their gills, blind their eyes or even sacrifice their arms in an effort to deal with calendar fish many times large…
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
How amber creates exquisite fossils that preserve Earth's history
Warm-colored amber samples act as a 3-dimensional window to help scientists recreate ancient ecosystems through the countless animal and plant entities they contain.
Archeology
Strange creature 'sealed' in rock for 478 million years: The ancestor of many species
An ancient stone slab in Morocco has preserved intact creatures that could fill an important evolutionary gap.
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.
Archeology
Discovery of new carnivorous dinosaur fossils in Argentina
According to Conicet, the 'Koleken inakayali' dinosaur is closely related to Carnotaurus, one of the most characteristic 'killers' of the Upper Cretaceous period (about…
Archeology
Discovery of dinosaur fossils with feathers and scales
Scientists discovered a new fossil of a dinosaur (Psittacosaurus) that had skin that combined feathers like a bird and hard scales like a reptile.