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10cm shrimp pushes 90kg heavy objects
Oceanography

10cm shrimp pushes 90kg heavy objects

Mantis is a lone predator, which lurks in underwater burrows and uses its claws to kill prey such as molluscs, crabs and other favorite species. In particular, these 10c…

December 17, 2018
The ocean used to have very little oxygen
Oceanography

The ocean used to have very little oxygen

The existence of special minerals in ancient coral reefs shows that 650 million years ago, Earth's oceans had very little oxygen, according to Australian researchers on…

December 17, 2018
The Vikings landed in Canada due to errors
Archeology

The Vikings landed in Canada due to errors

Solar stones are translucent mineral crystals, throughout the Icelandic Islands (Iceland), capable of passing the polarization of light and becoming a

December 17, 2018
200-year-old mineral water bottle
Archeology

200-year-old mineral water bottle

A jar of mineral water discovered from the Baltic Sea bottom, part of Poland, is considered the oldest in the world for the type of bottled mineral water.

December 17, 2018
Detecting fossil mountain crab intact in Ha Tinh
Archeology

Detecting fossil mountain crab intact in Ha Tinh

A group of mining workers in Ky Thuong and Ky Anh communes (Ha Tinh) accidentally discovered a fossil mountain crab. The parts of this mountain crab are still intact.

December 17, 2018