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Which country is 'heaviest' in the world?
According to Live Science, based on data collected around the world for 2005, researchers used body mass index (also known as BMI) and classified. height to estimate the…
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The bigger the circle, the more intelligent
US researchers believe that large first-round women will be smarter than those with modest measurements, with an IQ score of about 10 points higher.
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Physicists pressed light to the quantum limit
A group of physicists from the University of Toronto have found a new technique that can force light to the fundamental quantum limit.
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A light-year ... 225 million years of walking
If your walk begins before the dinosaurs appear on Earth, then to complete the journey of a light-year, it has just finished recently.
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When you go up, does your weight change?
At sea level, your weight will be a bit lighter than when you reach the top of the mountain, not enough for you to realize it, but it can still be calculated.
World Heritage
Struve arcing ring
The United Nations Scientific, Educational and Cultural Organization has recognized Estonia's Struve Surveying Circles and nine other countries as World Cultural Heritag…
Oceanography
Detect 'monster' waves as high as 8-storey buildings in the Southern Hemisphere
According to ocean researcher, Mr. Tom Durrant, the above wave broke the record for the highest wave also in the Southern hemisphere in 2012 was 22.03m.
Oceanography
Fishing network predicts storms
American experts are thinking of making use of satellite card networks that are attached to many large fish species in the Gulf of Mexico to measure ocean temperatures a…
Oceanography
New predictions for sea level
Fossil coral data and temperature records from ice core measurements have been used to set more suitable limits for future sea level rise, and to test predictions about…
Archeology
How did the ancient Egyptians measure the water level of the Nile?
Nile River plays an important role in the life of ancient Egyptians. Therefore, the ancient people cleverly used some tools and measures to measure the water level of th…
Archeology
Ancient Egyptians and rituals broke ground
The construction of ancient Egyptian temples began with a groundbreaking ritual like modern humans.
Archeology
Restore precious painting work with X-rays
An unfinished self-portrait of the famous Dutch illustrator Rembrandt was discovered underneath the picture
Archeology
The giant 'shrews' of nearly 1 million years old fossils are found in Spain
The analysis of phylogenetic and dental measurements and fossilized functions of shrews found in Gran Dolina de Atapuerce sediment, Burgos concluded that this is a new s…
Space science
A physicist proposes a uniform measurement system in space
A physicist has proposed to overcome the lack of reasonable consistency in the measurement system of astronomical and astrophysics.
Space science
At 9 cm tall in the universe, Japanese astronauts apologize
According to the BBC, astronaut Norishige Kanai said the problematic measurement system gave an inaccurate number of his height.