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The cause of dinosaurs extinction
Active volcanoes are the cause of the extinction of dinosaurs, not the meteorite that we had previously thought.
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Discovered a bizarre life, eating poisonous gas in a flooded cave in Mexico
The Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) is one of the most prominent places in history: It is the land where the meteorite falls that destroyed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
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Disaster on Earth when the Sun is obscured for many years
Some events that have occurred on Earth significantly block sunlight for a long time, seriously affecting living organisms.
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Method to determine the age of the Earth
The method of determining age by radioisotope appeared from the late 1940s and 1950s.
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The earth used to be a sphere
The announcement by Australian and American scientists can make us change the way we think about Earth's formation 4.5 billion years ago.
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As long as meteors fall more than 30 seconds, dinosaurs are not extinct
The fate of dinosaurs may have changed within the short 30s. And maybe, are we the same race that can't appear?
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Hit by a meteorite, the German town contained 72,000 tons of diamonds
Estimated scientists in Nördlingen town and the surrounding area contain approximately 72,000 tons of diamonds.
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Scientists have calculated the date humanity changes Earth forever
According to a recent study, two scientists have shown an equation to calculate when humans began to shape the Earth.
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The mystery surrounding the explosion is equivalent to 185 atomic bombs in Russia
Russian scientists conclude that the Tunguska explosion broke out in Siberia, Russia with the equivalent of 185 atomic bombs not caused by meteors.
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Not a meteorite, what's really killing dinosaurs?
People still think meteorites are things that kill dinosaurs. But really, what caused it was another factor.
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Did meteor collisions help our human species evolve like today?
About 56 million years ago, Earth experienced the most significant event in its 4.5 billion year history. Temperatures reach 8 ° C and the ice begins to melt throughout…
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The vain assumptions about the day the Earth was destroyed
Scientists have come up with a few hypotheses that these factors can wipe out humanity in the blink of an eye.
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Drilling deep into craters collided by meteors once destroyed dinosaurs
Previous evidence has been found to show that there was a giant meteorite hitting the Earth, in the area of today's Gulf of Mexico.
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Determining the origin of water on Earth
For many years, scientists have argued about the origin of water on Earth: available or brought by meteors.
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How will technology change the world in 2050?
The world population will increase from 7.3 billion people to 9.7 billion by 2050 according to the United Nations forecast. That means the pressure on our planet will be…