Get a free shoulder bag with your subscription to National Geographic magazine for only €5 per month. Only 50 left! Get the National Geographic Oppenheimer Special at an exclusive price for being a subscriber. The ground shook furiously in Taiwan this Wednesday, April 3, triggering a devastating sequence of events that culminated in the strongest … Read more
Scientists have managed to calculate for the first time the age of one of the largest and most complex types of sand dune on Earth, the so-called star dune, which owes its name to its shape similar to that of a star when viewed from above. This type of dune, also called a pyramidal dune, … Read more
Published on: 03/29/2024 – 14:10 Last updated: 03/29/2024 – 14:15 After years of research and questions, American researchers succeeded in identifying the mechanism that caused humans and great apes to become tailless, unlike many vertebrate animals. According to a study recently published in the journal Nature, a genetic mutation in the TBXT gene, which is … Read more
The Earth’s Crust Stores More Water. PHOTO/ PHOTO/ DAILY JAKARTA – The latest research published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters in 2021, there is more water underground or beneath the earth’s surface than in the layers ice and glaciers on this planet. The Earth’s crust holds about 43.9 million cubic kilometers (10.5 million cubic … Read more
One of the mysteries of the universe It is about the expansion of the universe. This is fundamental to understanding the evolution and end of the universe. Scientists now confirm that the universe is indeed expanding, but why is it expanding? Or what its true rate of expansion is remains a question with no clear … Read more
Mysterious Sea Creatures That Have Thousands of Eyes. PHOTO/ SCIENCE ALERT SIDNEY – Chiton, sea animal small with a shell, unique compared to other creatures in the animal world. This animal has thousands of tiny, round eyes embedded in its segmented shell. These eyes, called ocelli, are made of the mineral aragonite and although small … Read more
A milestone for the controversial plan to bring mammoths back to Earth. Scientists have announced that they have been able to program sperm cells collected from Asian elephants. This can give the mammoth-elephant hybrid that is intended to be brought back with a thick fur coat and other characteristics like a mammoth. Standing up to … Read more
“THE patient is able to move the computer mouse on the screen just by thinking”. This post by Elon Musk on… his own social networking platform X a few days ago which involved the first experimental implantation of the Telepathy microchip of… his own company Neuralink “ignited” again the debate about the hopes but also … Read more
With this procedure, published in the Journal of Translational Medicine, the team discovered how these strains target cells that proliferate rapidly over mature ones, making them an ideal option to attack rapidly growing cancer cells in the adult brain. This is potentially a new treatment alternative for brain cancer patients who currently have a poor … Read more
By Robbert van der Linde Mar 9, 2024 at 7:58 AM Update: 30 minutes ago Scientists from Cambridge and Cardiff Universities say to have found the oldest forest in the world. The Petrified Forest is located in the southwestern tip of England and is almost 400 million years old. The forest was found near the … Read more