Computer science
What did a cell phone 80 years ago look like?
A film from the 1940s showing how to operate and use mobile phones far different from today.
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Oceanography
Bombshell strange sea creatures captured in New York
People in New York City are now bewildered by a sea creature recently caught by fishermen off Coney Island in an extremely strange shape.
New technology
The first robot bends its wings like a bird
The PigeonBot robot changes the shape of the joint joints and controls the two wing joints to navigate like a dove.
Space science
Why does a comet have many tails?
In 1986 when the famous Halley comet came back, its tail was especially noticeable.
Discover science
Why is scorpion venom so poisonous?
Scorpions with a small shape but possessing extremely strong venom makes prey easily paralyzed and died in seconds.
Space science
NASA released a new image of the Horse Head Nebula
The image was compiled based on data from many satellites showing the special shape of the Horsehead Nebula 1,500 light-years from Earth.
New technology
The watch with an extraordinary design every 12 hours is turned into a cube, worth more than 1 billion
The design team behind this watch explains: Time is essentially shaped (box), and drifting towards / drifting away from perfection (at midday and midnight is precisely t…
Space science
The galaxy is 600 million light-years from Earth
The origin of Hoag, the galaxy with a special shape, has been a mystery of science for nearly 70 years.
Biology
Insects have the ability to copy 99.99% of the shape and movement of the leaf
Having to pretend to be a leaf even though it looks like 99.99% is not as easy as you think, because it also requires the ability to act very cleverly, flexible incarnat…
Oceanography
See sea urchins turned upside down from the inside out to ... be reborn
Besides the strange shape, the way of reproduction and development of sea urchins is also very special, because they possess the technique of 'turning from the inside ou…
Archeology
The Pyramids of Giza can concentrate electromagnetic energy into a room inside it
Is it possible to apply the design of the pyramid to a modern apartment, to focus the waves on the room more effectively?
Animal world
The 'werewolf' 100% real version: Extraordinary, aggressive, attacks both polar bears
Despite the differences in appearance but this animal still possesses the qualities worthy of the name 'werewolf', especially to mention the aggressive nature combined w…
Animal world
Toad pretends to be a cobra to scare the enemy
The Congolese giant toad mimics the shape and behavior of the poisonous Gaboon cobra in order to avoid being eaten by predators.
Discover science
The science explains why our nose is flat, the western tip is high
Two questions the researchers ask: Is it true that some of the nose shape characteristics change with population rather than genetic variation?