Environment
'Fake snow'- business is booming due to global warming
This year's Beijing Winter Olympics used 100% 'fake snow' (artificial snow) for the tournament. This snowmaking industry...
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Build an Olympic village, dig an 800-year-old palace full of treasures
The Olympic Village for athletes participating in the 2022 Winter Olympics under construction in Hebei - China has had to be relocated due to encountering an overwhelmin…
Environment
The 'dark side' of artificial snow in the Beijing Winter Olympics
Making snow 'consumes' a lot of energy and water. Meanwhile, this year's Beijing Winter Olympics need 1.2 million cubic meters of snow to cover the competition area.
Photo library
Close-up of the process of harvesting winter ice to make 'air conditioners' for the Emperor at the end of the Qing Dynasty
Old photographs from the late Qing Dynasty depict the busy ice harvest season in Beijing.
New technology
Smart window design, seasonal temperature adaptation
Windows play a big role in heating and cooling the house. However, that is also considered a big problem. Therefore, scientists have studied smart window design, adaptin…
Animal world
Famous penguin walking show in Japan
A flock of penguins walking in the snow in the Hokkaido area is a wonderful moment that tourists have been waiting for every time they visit here.
Photo library
Magnificent view of Russian winter: Moscow in a snow cloak
After a night of heavy snowfall, the whole city of Moscow (Russia) put on a white, pure, fairy-like snow cloak.
New technology
Bubble screen - Technology can prevent hurricanes from hitting the US
Bubble screens, the technology that keeps Norwegian bays ice-free in winter, could prevent future powerful storms in the Gulf of Mexico.
1001 mystery
Americans rush to hunt prehistoric monsters
In the cold winter, many families from Wisconsin (USA) have a tradition of gathering on a lake in the hope of catching one of the giant fish beneath the ice.
Animal world
Pekan Weasel - Looks like a rat, but can kill the North American lynx
Pekan weasel, also known as Pequam weasel, wejack, ferret, also known by the common name Fisher, is an animal of the Weasel family.
Archeology
The truth about the potion found in a thousand-year-old grave terrifies experts
Archaeologists after cleaning the ancient tomb found a mysterious gold box containing a small porcelain bottle inside.
Environment
Surviving the winter, mysterious zombie fire returns to threaten 'melting' the Arctic
The year 2019 is the year of many large and unprecedented fires occurring throughout parts of Siberia and Alaska.
Animal world
The animal carries the 'key' to neutralize Covid-19
Meet Winter, a 4-year-old llamas, living on a farm in rural Belgium.
Oceanography
Mysterious migration activity of whales
Every year, when the Arctic or Antarctic seas fall in winter, the whales begin their 'round the world' journey. Scientists believe that they do so to avoid cold climates…
Science invention
Inventions change the world of young people under 20 years old
Although still very young and not even 20 years old, but the child inventors can still change the world with their creations.