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In our galaxy there may exist more than 30 intelligent civilizations
British astrophysicists have calculated that in our galaxy at least 30 intelligent civilizations When almost 500 years ago, Nicolaus Copernicus, and after Giordano Bruno was subjected to judgment about our place in the Universe is...
Precipitation from micro-plastic – what is the danger of a new phenomenon of nature?
multi-Colored micro-plastic particles and rain falls in protected areas In 1855, the English Metallurgist and inventor Alexander Parkes got the first plastic, which gave the name to parkesine (celluloid). 52 years later, the Belgi...
Why the meteorite lake in India drastically changed its color?
Indian Lonar lake changed its color over night. About 5,000 years ago on the territory of modern India, a meteorite fell and left behind a fairly wide and deep recess. Later on this place formed a perfectly round lake, which was l...
The largest oil spills like the disaster in Norilsk
the oil Spill in Norilsk was the largest in the history of the Arctic In late may, 2020 at CHP-3 in Norilsk due to the subsidence of the Foundation under the tank with diesel fuel on the land and in the river the Granary and Daldy...
What was the first parasite in history?
The oldest parasites in the shell of an ancient creature From a scientific point of view, parasites are creatures that invade other organisms and use their life force for their own survival. These include fleas and lice, which liv...
Found the cause of the mysterious crater in Siberia
No, this is not the machinations of the aliens. It's much worse Almost three years ago on the Yamal Peninsula in Russia in the valley of the river Erkut was discovered a crater with a diameter of 17.5 meters. The discovery attract...
Where on Earth the cleanest air?
Clean air on our planet is, but it is far we All know about the strong pollution of urban air and from time to time go outside the city or even in Park. Relatively humid areas, in the parks and villages the air is very fresh, but ...
The most unusual natural phenomenon on Mars
On Mars, you can find most of the things that we did not expect to see there. Oh, that Mars! Much about him said interesting things. We watched a lot of movies about Martians, we've heard stories about how he was going to win, it ...
The deep-sea octopus has puzzled scientists
this octopus even have ears! Over the past 100 years of observations of the oceans, researchers are sometimes able to detect at great depth not only fish, but octopus. It was believed that cephalopods can swim to depths of up to 3...
What is the South Atlantic magnetic anomaly and why it's dangerous for everyone
On our planet a lot of places that are considered to be mystical. Some of them become so because of popular beliefs or set of circumstances, but there are those where there are really strange things that scientists can detect, but...
Mystical story of the lake of the Pyramids. Why the locals are having strange dreams
the world has many mysterious places, where there are some strange things. This can be the place where lost ships or airplanes, or may simply be natural anomalies. About something we already talked, but about something we have to ...
What elephants lived 300 000 years ago and why they became extinct?
Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, which reaches a height of 3 metres and a body weight of 6 tons. Throughout the history of our planet there are dozens of species of elephants, however with time left only Savannah a...
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...