This May Be Life’s ‘Missing Ingredient’
Billions of years ago, molecules on a lifeless and tumultuous Earth mixed, forming the first life-forms. Eons later, a larger, smarter form of life...
Crop Circles
Communication from out there or human fakes?
Crop Circles are large circles and patterns that mysteriously appear in cereal crops when the plants are several...
The Mystery of the Geographer’s Adventures
The life of the German geographer and naturalist, honorary member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences Alexander Humboldt (1769-1859), full of extraordinary events...
Earth without Moon – what would it be like?
The Moon is the Earth’s only natural satellite. It is also the fifth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System and the largest among planetary...
The mystery of the filibuster
The famous filibuster - a former buffalo hunter - Archo Lolonua ended his days truly terribly. He was captured by North American Indians of...
Facts About Mars
Mars and Earth have approximately the same landmass.
Even though Mars has only 15% of the Earth’s volume and just over 10% of...
Earth Recently Devoured One of its Own Mini
We learned in the Austin Powers movies of the benefits of having a Mini-Me. While the Moon may have once been a part of...
What Is A Meteor Shower?
A meteor shower occurs when a number of meteors flash seem to radiate (or shoot out from) the same point in the sky. They...
The first gate
When a person first learns his true self, something else rises from the depths of his being and takes possession of him. It is...
Early Cambrian Chengjiang China Fossils – “A Window to the Cambrian...
The Chengjiang lagerstatte in the Yunning Province of China, also known as the Chengjiang Biota or the Maotianshan shales, is an extraordinary fossil site...
MORE INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT MARS
It was believed life existed on Mars for much of the nineteenth century. The reason behind this belief was part mistake and part imagination....
Tunguska meteorite
Italian scientists from the University of Bologna have investigated the consequences of the explosion of the Tunguska meteorite several times. They hypothesized that the...
What if the Earth was tidally locked to the Sun?
We only see one side of the moon, because it is tidally locked to the planet Earth (tidal locking the situation when an object’s...
MORE INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT VENUS
By the time of the ancient Romans it was understood that Venus was one of four planets other than the Earth. Being the brightest...
First Australian Settlers Coexisted With Car-Sized Lizards And Giant Marsupials
Researchers found fossilized remains in Australia which proves that humans once co-existed with some pretty large creatures. As recent as 40,000 years ago, indigenous...
Going Viral: 6 New Findings about Viruses
Viruses were discovered in 1892, and yet even in 2018, researchers are still uncovering new secrets about these infectious invaders. Viruses are not quite...
Top 10 Stars That’ll Blow Your Mind
No one can help but look at all the stars which adorn our skies and wonder, “what’s out there?” It’s natural to dream about...
Skunk can think creatively
Representatives of skunks (Mephitidae) could create paintings or write brilliant books. At least for the reason that their abstract thinking is no worse developed...
We are not local ourselves...
Acrimony about Jews
Sometimes columnists and other people who tend to downplay the problem of anti-Semitism speak disparagingly about anti-Semitic messages appearing on the Internet. "Since most...
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“Confessions of the Son of the Century” by Musset
Musset began his novel in the summer of 1835, hastily dealing with other literary orders, and in February 1836 the novel was already published....
