What Is A Comet?
A comet is a very small solar system body made mostly of ices mixed with smaller amounts of dust and rock. Most comets are...
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...
Astrology
Astrology can be understood as a philosophy that helps to explain life, rather than a type of mysticism that can be used as a...
The Mystery of the Liverpool Grave
Two miles south of Liverpool on the picturesque banks of the River Mersey is the village of Hale. There is a grave in the...
Who won the Battle of Borodino?
Why did the French fail in the Patriotic War of 1812? Yeah, you remembered about the "cudgel of the people's war" and the strategic...
Large-scale aviation accident
It is no secret that often a man-made disaster is preceded by a fatal combination of circumstances, aggravated by the notorious human factor. The...
10 Weird and Grotesque Archaeological Finds
History is full of surprises, and archaeology allows us a rare glimpse into the past that often reveals more than any textbook ever could....
What Is A Solar Eclipse?
A solar eclipse is a natural event that takes place on Earth when the Moon moves in its orbit between Earth and the Sun...
11 facts about coast redwoods, the tallest trees in the world
Sturdy, stalwart, and superlatively statuesque, California's coast redwoods stand out as some of the most impressive organisms on the planet.
Before the 1850s, coast redwoods...
The secret of the soul
Representatives of different cultures have different opinions about how many days after death the soul still remains in some proximity to the dead body....
The Mysteries Of Camouflage And Mimicry
In nature, any species is sought after by other predator or prey species, which detect it through their senses (sight, hearing, smell). Victims can...
What Is Darwin’s Dilemma?
“Darwin’s dilemma” refers to Charles Darwin’s bafflement that the fossil record contradicted what his theory evolution predicted. In his classic book On the Origin...
MORE INFORMATION AND FACTS ABOUT URANUS
Uranus has the distinction of being the first planet discovered in modern history. Actually, its discovery as a planet almost did not happen. In...
10 Terrifying Prehistoric Sea Monsters
Some of the largest creatures this world has ever seen lived millions of years ago. Here are ten of the largest, most fearsome sea...
Baby bird found in amber lived with the dinosaurs
The most complete bird found in amber so far, the baby bird is around 99 million years old.
We can't time travel to the Cretaceous...
Antikythera Mechanism
In 1901 divers working off the isle of Antikythera found the remains of a clocklike mechanism 2,000 years old. The mechanism now appears to...
Top 10 Misconceptions About South Korea
With the recent death of dictator Kim Jong-Il, all eyes are on North Korea (or, as it is ironically named, the Democratic People’s Republic...
Parapsychology
What turns a mere piece of matter from being mere matter into an animated being? What gives certain special physical patterns in the universe...
We are not local ourselves...
The Dzemon Period
The oldest period in the development of Japanese culture is the Dzemon ("trail of rope"). It began around the fourth millennium BC, and lasted...
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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....
