Oceanography
Octopus jumps on the seabed 4,800m deep
Scientists have filmed a big-eyed jellyhead octopus spreading its arms and inflating its underside to leap across the Pacific Ocean floor.
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Environment
Warning: Earth rotates more slowly as polar ice melts
Researchers predict that in the next few years, every person in this world will lose 1 second of their daily time.
Animal world
Leopards fall to the ground after jumping to catch baby monkeys
Dramatic footage captures a leopard's reckless leap from tree to tree, then tumbling to the ground.
AI - Artificial intelligence
Brain cells in the lab learn to play games faster than AI
The leap forward development of artificial intelligence (AI) makes the scientific community warn that the day when machines will overtake humans are not far away.
Animal world
Scientists are creating hybrid animals between humans and monkeys in China
This could be a big and controversial leap as these scientists are trying to transplant human cells into monkey embryos.
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Why is there a 29/2 leap date?
Why is there a leap day? What is a leap year? What is leap month? Let's find out what a leap day, a leap month and a leap year are.
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Why need a leap year?
2016 is a leap year. February 29, 2016 will be another day to add to the calendar to help synchronize the rotation of the Earth around the sun and the true passage of se…
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The reason for February is only 28 or 29 days
Each calendar month has between 30 and 31 days, but February is only 28 or 29 days if it is a leap year, due to the retention of the previous Roman calendar.
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2016 will be longer than usual
2016 is longer than usual because it is a leap year, but because it will be added 1 second more than usual.
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Interesting things on February 29 less known
In the West 29/2 is considered a day for women to propose, the day they can confess to any guy.
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Boeing 737 MAX - What is the most special thing in the world?
The new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft can greatly reduce costs for airlines.
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The reason why 2015 has been up to 3 days on Friday 13th
Will you believe that Friday 13th is a bad day,
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'Great oxidation event' completely changed the Earth
Earth has no oxygen 2.4 billion years ago. Experiencing a leap of evolution, when oxygen appeared, the planet's ecosystem changed completely.
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10 mysteries about time (I)
Time is a simple concept, like dates, hours and seconds. However, to understand the nature of time and its implications for space or other theories is quite complex.