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Atlantis – myths and facts about the lost continent
the Existence of the known continent of lore, songs, novels, movies and comic books, oddly enough, is questionable scientists. The fact that there are no Oceanographic and geophysical data to corroborate the reality of Atlantis. B...
Can meteorites move at a speed close to the speed of light?
I Think for anybody today not a secret that our planet – from the very moment of its birth, some 4.5 billion years ago – is constantly exposed to a real bombing... meteorites. Of course, today the situation is fundamentally differ...
Again, the scientists don't know how the Moon appeared
Despite the fact that the Moon is closer to Earth than any other of the studied object in the Universe, scientists still have not come to a consensus about how it appeared the satellite of our planet. Once in 1972 in the framework...
Why rotates the Earth and other space objects?
Every day the Earth makes one revolution around its axis, that's why on our planet there are sunrises and sunsets. Our stony cosmic house moves since, as it formed 4.6 billion years ago and will continue to run until the end of ti...
Found closest to the Earth black hole: is she dangerous?
Astronomers have discovered a new black hole that is closest to the Earth. The distance between the black hole and the Solar system is a thousand light years. Previously, the closest to our planet black hole was found at a distanc...
Created the first geologic map of the moon
the Satellite of our planet reflecting sunlight, has always been a subject of admiration. The idea that man will ever be able to walk on the surface of the moon inspired awe. The era of space exploration, which was the result of a...
The amount of micro-plastic on the sea floor, shocked scientists
we All say that nature is polluted with human waste. It is really so. Around us lots of dumps, which are constantly replenished. Something, bypassing the landfill (or them) falls into the ocean and floats there in the form of tras...
How air pollution affects the growth retardation in children
Minor and largely already familiar (especially to large cities) exhaust gases, microscopic dust particles and other polluting agents no doubt have a negative impact on our health. Each year, about 4 million people die because of d...
What will the world in 2050, if we don't stop climate change?
Remember how to begin the year 2020? Even before the pandemic of the novel coronavirus to the problems in the world was more than enough and they, unfortunately, have not gone away. So, climate change remains a major threat facing...
Paleontologists have discovered the worst place on Earth in its history
Today, the Sahara, the biggest desert on our planet, is not only endless sand dunes, and volcanoes, oases and high mountain ranges, pristine lake and rocky desert. But a hundred million years ago, during the Cretaceous period, the...
you can Often find messages like "astronomers believe that the planet xxx could be a life" or "to find life, you first need to detect signs of the presence of water" and so on. But what do they mean by "life"? All that only knows ...
How did life originate on Earth?
How did life on the third rocky planet orbiting an unremarkable star in the center of the Solar system? People seek the answer to this question throughout its history. But only in recent decades, scientists have made progress in u...
Our planet is unique, but not only that, she had a lot of liquid water. Of course, on other worlds, including several moons of the gas giants, also has an atmosphere, ice, and even oceans, but only Earth has all the necessary for ...
How to construct the most sophisticated robot on Earth?
now When it comes to robots, it seems no one imagines footage from "Terminator". learned to use robots for the good of society, and now under that definition, hiding not only humanoid machines, but also those who are simply able t...
Scientists have found evidence that our planet does not exist
After Pluto was officially no longer considered a planet officially in the Solar system has only 8 planets — mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars , Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. However, a few years ago, astronomers reported the strang...
40 million years ago Antarctica had lived frogs
the southernmost continent of our planet, Antarctica, was discovered in 1820, when a Russian expedition on boats “Vostok” and “peace” came to her in the area of modern glacier Bellingshausen. Two days later, on the mainland arrive...
The screen of your watch too small? Use your skin!
After Apple introduced its smart watch, there was a real boom of these devices. If you compare how many people now on the street with smart clock, and, for example, 5 years ago, the difference is tenfold. However, there are such ...
Why can't we stop the oil production
We live in a world where the main resource is oil. And here is useless to talk about since the advent of electric cars will change anything. In addition to producing petrol, oil used in the manufacture of lubricants (including for...
10 most interesting planets in our galaxy
Although from the point of view of astronomy the milky Way in size is pretty "average" galaxy, in fact it can be up to 100 billion planets! Needless to say that most of them are still not fully understood, and, I think, to explore...
Does that make life in cities smarter animals?
Adapt or die – that's the basic principle of survival on Earth. In the course of natural selection many species and subspecies simply are unable to adapt to rapidly changing environmental conditions and disappeared. Better than ot...