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Specimen 340 million km from Earth reveals mysteries about the origin of life
What is the origin of life on Earth? Did life originate on this planet itself or from distant places in the universe?
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Biology
Ancient plant species revived from 1,000-year-old seeds
Scientists have successfully grown a mysterious 1,000-year-old seed discovered in the Judean desert and obtained a specimen of a plant mentioned in the Bible.
Archeology
The terrifying sea monster is 10 meters long and has teeth enough to crush sea turtles
Today's great white sharks are still much less dangerous than their newly unearthed ancestral sea monster.
Oceanography
Scientists hunt 500kg giant squid by cruise ship
Instead of hiring a research ship that costs millions of dollars, scientists set up a research station on an Antarctic cruise ship to hunt for giant squid.
Photo library
The only museum not for the faint of heart in Vietnam
The Parasite Museum at the Central Institute of Malaria - Parasitology - Entomology is the only place in Vietnam that displays hundreds of specimens of parasites terrify…
Science Events
Admire the oldest stone in Vietnam dating back nearly 3 billion years
Typical artifacts, attracting viewers' attention at the exhibition ''History of the formation of the earth through a collection of fossil artifacts
Scientific works
The world's largest frozen animal bank
San Diego's frozen zoo has just four researchers in charge of caring for more than 11,000 specimens, representing 1,300 different species and subspecies.
Oceanography
Analyzing DNA, scientists discovered a new giant sea lice species
DNA analysis of a giant sea lice at a Japanese aquarium shows that it belongs to a species that has never been described.
Animal world
Discovered a new species of crab wearing a furry 'coat'
A crab with reddish-brown fur covering its body washed up on the beach and has been identified as a new species of sponge crab.
Archeology
The 2,000-year-old creature intact and stunned in the petrified city
The picture of petrified life in the ancient city of Pompeii has been supplemented with an unexpected specimen: a 2,000-year-old turtle with an egg intact in its belly.
Animal world
'Frozen Zoo' revives animals on the verge of extinction
When Kurt Benirschke first collected skin samples from endangered species in 1972, he had no firm plan for what to do with them.
Archeology
Decipher the piece of 'human skin' on the door of a medieval church
The nailed skins on the doors of some medieval churches were not actually those of the punished Danish robbers, according to legend.
Archeology
The most complete dinosaur fossil at the Australian museum
The 67-million-year-old triceratops specimen from Montana astounds researchers with 266 bone fragments preserved to date.
Archeology
Another mystery of the sacred Mexican temple challenges the scientific world
Recently, Mexican scientists discovered for the first time an almost complete fossil of a starfish at the world famous Aztec temple in Mexico City.
Space science
NASA opens sample tube that can hold Moon gas for 50 years
Experts hope that the specimen, which is preserved in many layers in a vacuum for a long time, will retain the lunar gas.