Oceanography
Tooth decay and coral reef death
Corals can be damaged by a process similar to human decay. Under normal conditions corals live in symbiosis with unicellular algae, but when environmental pollution occu…
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Archeology
Although not eating sugar, drinking carbonated water, but the ancient people still have tooth decay?
Tooth decay and tooth enamel damage are one of our most common dental problems, but the ancient people who do not have a diet like us also have these problems.
Archeology
The 1,000 year Viking wooden sword is still intact, not decaying: Made from expensive wood like gold!
Archaeologists were surprised to find a 1,000-year-old wooden Viking sword in Ireland, perfectly preserved.
Archeology
Find out how to cure the teeth of the ancient people
According to experts at the University of Bologna, these are the oldest evidence of how ancient people treated dentistry.
Archeology
Discover dental techniques in ancient times
Ancient evidence demonstrates the ingenuity and aesthetics of ancient people in cosmetic dentistry practice many millennia ago.
Archeology
Detecting mummies dying from tooth decay
A mummy of more than 2,000 years old has a mouth full of deep teeth, found in caves in Egypt.
Archeology
Rotten fish used to study fossils
By observing the fish as they are decaying, scientists have discovered patterns that may shed light on some of the most important and ancient fossils.
Archeology
Decay at the molecular level of genes regulating enamel in toothless animals
Biologists at the University of California have reported new evidence of evolutionary changes found in today's fossil and genome data.
Archeology
Climate change is the decaying cause of the Roman Empire
The decline of the Roman and Byzantine empires in the Eastern Mediterranean more than 1400 years ago may have originated from adverse climate changes.
Space science
The fate of American flags plugged in the Moon
The flags inserted by the American astronauts on the surface of the Moon in the Apollo program are increasingly fading and decaying.
Space science
The brightest galaxy in the universe is evaporating
The researchers discovered galaxies that are 350 billion billion times brighter than the Sun are in a state of great chaos because of the infrared beam and are disintegr…
Space science
Maybe the mysterious particles are plunging into the globe
If the sun actually releases mysterious particles to the earth, we will have to rewrite the textbooks for students.
Space science
High starting temperatures may have helped to form geysers on Saturn's Enceladus satellite
Enceladus is a small sized satellite and it is composed of ice and rock. The puzzling thing is how does it have a hole
Biology
Scary mushroom people dead fingers rise like zombies
This dead man's finger fungus has a gruesome shape, like the fingers of the dead rising from the ground.
Biology
Weapons of the world's most rotten flowers
Titan arum has been dubbed the world's most sniffling flower, because it produces chemicals that smell rotting corpses.