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What Are Quarks?
Quarks are elementary particles that carry electric and color charge. They bind through the strong interaction to form hadrons such as protons and neutrons.
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Oceanography
Extremely intelligent and adorable, Beluga whales also possess a unique ability that sends shivers down people's spines.
Beluga whales, also known as white whales, are one of the smallest whale species in the animal kingdom.
Space science
Not Helium-3, Indian spacecraft just discovered a valuable resource on the Moon.
The Indian spacecraft only touched down on the Moon a month ago, but it has already made some major contributions to science.
Videos
A kind buffalo uses its horns to rescue an overturned turtle, and here's the outcome.
Seeing the turtle's shell pinned to the ground, the buffalo approached and used its horns to help it flip back into a normal position.
Space science
The Moon is gradually moving away from Earth: When will it disappear?
Scientists have calculated what will happen in the future, taking into account the fact that the Moon is moving further and further away from Earth, and is also causing…
Space science
These are the 5 asteroids NASA is hunting down because they have a high risk of destroying Earth.
NASA is tracking nearly five of the most dangerous asteroids to Earth, including those with a high risk of causing a catastrophic impact.
Biology
The world's strangest tree defies all laws of physics
To this day no one knows exactly how the fig tree came to be in that location, or how long it has been growing.
Discover science
Countries that reward foreigners with billions of dollars to come and live here
Many beautiful countryside areas in Europe, America... are inviting foreigners to settle down by providing houses and attractive support fees, even up to billions of don…
Archeology
Philippines discovers 40,000-year-old 'strange object' that turns human history upside down
In the Tabon Caves located in the western Philippine province of Palawan, archaeologists have discovered traces of a technology
Archeology
Discovery of 8.7 million-year-old remains turns human history upside down
The traditional view of human origins since the time of Charles Darwin may be shattered by the discovery of a common ancestor in Europe.
Space science
Rapid discovery, scientists are closer to identifying dark matter
New results from the world's most sensitive dark matter detector have narrowed down the range of particles known as WIMPs to the best ever.
Science story
The ups and downs of the life of a teenager who built a nuclear reactor at home
A 17-year-old boy who shocked the nation by building a nuclear reactor in his family's shed has died at the age of 40, but not from radiation poisoning.
Space science
'Strange smell' detected on cargo spacecraft to ISS
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station (ISS) have had to temporarily shut down a module after discovering
Animal world
In some cases, this is the animal that can kill lions in the wild.
Lions and tigers are always considered the kings of beasts, however in the wild there are still animals that can take the lives of lions.
Animal world
Are bald eagles strong enough to take down mountain lions?
Both the bald eagle and the mountain lion are among the most powerful predators in the Americas, so what would happen if these two species went head to head?