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Shangri-La: Legend of a paradise
The legend of a magical land called Shangri-La has long fascinated explorers, but no one has ever set foot there. Is this the gateway to the real 'paradise'?
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World celebrity
The first female astronaut to fly into space and the suffocating journey almost never returned to Earth
Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made her name in history when she flew into space in 1963.
Environment
Strange lake in China: Where salt crystallizes into gems, planes can land, trains can pass
Sahar Khan Lake contains more than 50 billion tons of sodium chloride (table salt), which can supply 6 billion people around the world for 1,000 years.
History
Why did Russia sell Alaska to the US at a cheap price?
Why did the Tsar have to sell Alaska, his land rich in resources, at such a cheap price?
Space science
What are the mysterious '59' black spots on the Moon? The Chang'e 4 train revealed the unexpected truth
Four mysterious black spots on the surface of the Moon were first discovered in 1959, leading many to suspect an alien base. What is the truth?
Biology
When did the first forests on Earth appear?
Plants appeared on land about 470 million years ago, but trees and forests did not form until nearly 390 million years ago.
Space science
Chang'e 4 spacecraft revealed about the dark side of the Moon: Turns out Stephen Hawking was right?
For many years, people have been trying to discover and find out about the mysteries of the Moon. Those efforts paid off when a series of new findings were published...
Scientific works
Admire the flying hotel that 'never lands'
Sky Cruise flying hotel in the air, powered by nuclear power, can accommodate 5,000 guests.
Scientific application
Sweden: Fly... by plane to work, saving 88% of the time
Tomasz Patan, co-founder of Jetson company (based in Sweden) first went to work by private jet taking off and landing
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The land of surreal giant 'stone mushrooms' like on another planet
The journey to the land of Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah is a truly wild experience. Here exist giant mushrooms, seemingly only in fairy tales or distant planets...
Scientific works
A-222E Bereg-E: Russia's 'unique' weapon can wipe out enemy landing troops
The Russian-made A-222 Bereg mobile coastal artillery complex is said to be unique, with no similar type in the world, possessing many outstanding advantages.
Science Events
NASA spacecraft is about to fly through Venus' hellish atmosphere
NASA will launch a mission to fly over Venus and plunge through the planet's harsh atmosphere in 2029.
Environment
The weirdness of geography: How were islands born?
In the vast ocean, a land emerges among the blue waves, and when noticed by humans, they can become a place to park and replenish ships, planes can land...
Space science
China publishes the most detailed map of the Moon
China has released a new topographic map of the Moon with the most detailed 1:2,500,000 scale to date, revealing a variety of rocks and impact craters.
Science story
Margaret Hamilton - The unsung hero of the historic Apollo mission
Software engineer Margaret Hamilton was instrumental in helping the Apollo 11 astronauts land on the Moon and return safely to Earth.