Archeology
2,000-year-old Mayan invention could save us
A crisis that threatens modern humans could be averted by the thing that helped the Maya survive for more than 1,000 years.
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Scientific works
What's inside the world's largest Three Gorges Dam?
Construction began in 1994 and was completed in 2012. The Three Gorges Dam brought many economic benefits but also received much criticism for its impact on the surround…
Archeology
Many prehistoric relics were discovered at Hoang An Lake
Hoang An reservoir project (Ia Phin commune, Chu Prong district, Gia Lai province) was built in the early years after liberation and was repaired in 2011.
Environment
The lake is as big as 38,000 dry swimming pools due to drought
A record 13-year drought has caused water levels in the Peñuelas reservoir in central Chile to drop to levels unfit for life.
Archeology
Creepy 'ghost' village emerges between Spain-Portugal border
The ruins of a 'ghost' village have been exposed after a drought dried up a dam on the Spain-Portugal border, attracting curious crowds.
New technology
The world's first 'thinking' robot developed from brain cells
A team of Japanese scientists have built a robot with brain-like neurons to teach it how to think like a human.
Scientific works
Three Gorges Dam - A masterpiece or disaster hovering over the head?
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric power plant that is known all over the world, towering across the third Yangtze River on the planet. But the disaster it caused i…
Archeology
A one-meter-long statue of a turtle sunk beneath a reservoir
The archaeological team unearthed a one-meter-long statue of a turtle submerged in a reservoir near the sacred temple.
Conquer Mars
Discovered 2 ancient lakes under the surface of Mars
Scientists have discovered two ancient reservoirs that once flowed deep below the surface of Mars.
Archeology
The 7,000-year-old Spanish tombstone was first 'exposed' after half a century
Dolmen of Guadalperal - a thousand-year-old Spanish tombstone with a ring of 150 standing stones for the first time in the water in half a century.
Archeology
Discover the origin of the ancient lake under the desert
Finding the origin of the Negev submerged lake helps better understand the process of climate change from hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Discover science
The poetic blue lake that attracts many photographers turned out to be a very dangerous place
Maybe they know, but still deliberately go to shoot because it's beautiful, and they are famous influencers.
Discover science
Discover the ancient 'technical wonders' that provide 45 million liters of water in the desert
The Nabatea water and irrigation system built to bring water to Petra 2,000 years ago is an amazing technical feat.
Biology
Found strange Bacteria in Ethiopian volcano
An international team of researchers has collected exotic bacteria samples from a hydropower reservoir in the Danakil Depression area.
Animal world
Giant catfish died deadly due to drought in Thailand
At least two tons of giant Mekong catfish are recovered at a reservoir in northern Thailand due to drought.