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Detecting biological clock predicting human life expectancy
A recently published study from a number of scientists in the UK, the US and Australia showed that a type of biological clock has been identified that can help predict h…
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'Small' findings help people 'live longer'
UHT milk, shoes, cotton ... are historical findings that contribute significantly to increase the life of the human species.
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Ancient Greeks lived across modern people
Ancient people have very low lifespans, but this is not true for Greeks. Their average life expectancy has reached the peak that was later only reached in the 20th centu…
Oceanography
How is the secret of feeding a whale?
A blue whale can weigh up to 400 tons and has an average lifespan of 30 to 40 years (can also reach 80 to 90 years).
Oceanography
Sharks spend 4 centuries, only mating after 150 years old
Danish scientists discovered the lifespan of a Greenland shark up to 400 years, keeping the world's oldest vertebrate.
Oceanography
Sharks can live for more than 70 years
Recent research by American scientists shows that white sharks can live more than 70 years, more than three times the highest life recorded so far.
Oceanography
Discover the world's longest living animals
Scientists have identified the longest living animal in the world. It is a sea oyster in the North Atlantic with a lifespan of up to 507 years.
Archeology
Discovered a giant dinosaur skeleton that has a lifespan of 70 million years
The fossil is believed to be the remains of a sauropod dinosaur, a member of the giant herbivores that live on our planet millions of years ago.
Archeology
Strange story: Pharaoh's mummy still has to apply for a passport to fly to France
Ramesses II is one of the most famous and mighty kings of ancient Egypt. He ruled his kingdom from the 12th century BC for about 66 years.
Archeology
The hundred million year fossils are kept in Vietnam
Specimens with thousands of years of lifespan reflect the evolutionary history of the earth's crust from early childhood. Each specimen bears its own mark on the process…
Archeology
Discovering a mysterious 2,000-year-old ritual bath in Israel
A ritual bath has a lifespan of up to 2,000 years and a new cryptographic message was discovered in Jerusalem (Israel) while archaeologists are conducting a routine surv…
Archeology
Detecting common ancestor fossils of humans and modern primates
Scientists have recently discovered ancestral fossils of humans with a lifespan of 47 million years. Unearthed at Messel Pit, Germany, this fossil named Darwinius masill…
Space science
Our Milky Way galaxy is old, there is not enough gas to create a new star
The lifespan of a galaxy is thought to depend on the amount of gas it possesses to form a new star.
Space science
Scary enemies of artificial satellites
The earth's low orbital artificial satellites are designed to resist magnetic storms, but their lifespan can be greatly reduced if super storms occur.