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Why does the mouth make sounds?
Discover science

Why does the mouth make sounds?

People have many ways to communicate, such as writing letters, sending messages, drawing pictures, sending emoticons or using their hands to express through sign languag…

February 4, 2020
The most mysterious shipwreck in maritime history
1001 mystery

The most mysterious shipwreck in maritime history

Strong winds with speeds of 50 knots raged. The waves of up to 10 meters swung, throwing the ship into the reef. The sailors anchored to the sea floor were completely in…

December 18, 2018
The inscriptions of the Incas are hidden in knots
Archeology

The inscriptions of the Incas are hidden in knots

More than 500 years before the advent of computers, the Incas living in the Andes (Peru) invented a 7-bit binary code to store information, and represent them with knott…

December 17, 2018
Big Bang is not the beginning of the universe
Space science

Big Bang is not the beginning of the universe

The universe does not appear silently that through an explosion! At least, that's what we often hear: The universe and everything in the universe came into being at the…

December 17, 2018
Performing fireworks in the Helix Nebula
Space science

Performing fireworks in the Helix Nebula

A new photo, taken with an infrared camera on the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii, shows tens of thousands of comets shaped like comets inside the Helix nebula that had never…

December 17, 2018
The eye of the Helix Nebula
Space science

The eye of the Helix Nebula

The large market camera of La Silla Observatory (ESO) has just captured a picture of Helix planetary nebula.

December 17, 2018