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Animal world
Chimp also lives in caves like prehistoric people
Desert chimpanzees, in addition to being able to create weapons to hunt other primates, can also find shelter in caves like the ancestors of prehistoric humans. A study c
Animal world
Australia: humpback camels are at risk of mass kill
The worst drought since a century ago in Australia has forced people to consider the plan to kill hundreds of thousands of children to reduce the competition for drinkin…
Animal world
Preservation of African newspapers
The General Administration of Algeria has cooperated with the North African Research Agency to organize a workshop on African newspaper protection (Guepard), especially…
Animal world
The desert antelope shrinks the heart and liver for survival
In order to survive in the arid and hot desert in Saudi Arabia, antelopes have adopted a strange strategy: they shrink the size of the heart and liver, the two parts nee…
Animal world
Mice do not drink water
Mouse kDipodomys deserti has bags on the cheek (in the mouth). Strangely, these bags can be used as food storage for weeks. Thanks to the body accumulates water from foo…
Scientific application
Israel's advanced irrigation method has turned arid desert into a place to grow vegetables and fish
Israel is one of the major fresh food exporters in the world market and is a leading country in agricultural technology, though more than 50% of the land is desert and t…
Scientific application
Technology for raising fish in the desert reaches high productivity of Israel
More than half of Israel is desert, unfavorable climate, lack of water, but Jewish people have made the world admire the technology of raising fish in the desert. Not on…
Scientific application
Technical planting and care of Thai porcelain
Thai porcelain has the scientific name Adenium obesum of the Apocyanaceae family, belongs to the group of succulent plants, and is named as
Scientific application
Collect water from the air
Pieter Hoff created the Groasis Waterboxx box to collect water from the air to supply plants.
Scientific application
China takes advantage of snow rain to plant trees in the desert
Severe snow rains devastated China in recent days, welcomed by farmers in the northwestern region. They are racing against time to plant grass and trees on the edge of d…
Scientific application
Catch the Sahara desert
In Algeria last week, it was announced that plans for a 3,000-kilometer transmission line, which will carry electricity from the Sahara to Europe. This is the first proj…
Environment
The hottest and coldest places on Earth
Vostok Station, Ellesmere Island, Oymyakon Village, Bangkok City, Death Valley ... are famous landmarks with low temperatures and record highs.
Environment
9 interesting things about Antarctica and Arctic
The two polar regions of the Earth, where the climate is always cold, but Antarctica and the Arctic contain many different things.
Environment
Red rain in Siberia blood causes fear of the end of the world
The rain pouring into the car park in Siberia is red like blood but not anomalous phenomenon as many people believe.