Открытие Сон Дунг во Вьетнаме произошло в 1994 году, когда команда экспедиции исследовала два грота – Ханг Эн и Ханг Тхунг и поняла, что между ними должна быть ещё одна пещера. В то время они не имели ни малейшего представления о том, что это будет самая большая пещера в мире. Но первооткрывателем пещеры является Хо […]
The Cueva do los Cristales or Giant Crystal Cave is located in Mexico near the town of Naica, Chihuahua, and is a cave known for the presence of huge selenite crystals. This unique site, which has become an object of interest to researchers, geologists, mineralogists and simply enthusiasts, is located deep in the Mexican desert of Chihuahua, close to the border with the United States of America.
On summer evenings, sometimes you can lift your eyes to the sky and see a diffuse glow that looks like a long streak of light in space: it's the Milky Way. But what is it? A clear streak crosses the summer sky, almost like a milky trail. Indeed, that's why scientists have named it the Milky Way! But what is the Milky Way? Easy: it's our [...]
What is a black hole? Why is the 2019 Event Horizon Telescope photo so important? Let's shed some lightAfter those responsible for the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) project showed the world the first image of a black hole and the first image of a black hole at the centre of the Milky Way, many are trying to understand more about what still remains a very complex (and mysterious), [...]
In this article, we take a journey through the human body with a magnifying glass, discovering the hidden world. Tears. What are those tiny droplets for? Why are they salty? How many litres do we produce in a year? Let's find out together! The eye, also known as the eyeball, is a jellyball made up of 98% water. It is one of the most fragile organs [...]
Have you ever had that feeling when you think you have seen or experienced a certain situation before? It's called déjà vu, but what is déjà vu? And if you want to know more about it, read this article! It's happened to everyone at least once in their lives: the feeling that you're experiencing something you've already experienced. Technically, it's [...]
What is colour? And why is the world so colourful? What are the main colours? Is it true that red makes bulls go crazy? Let's learn all about colours.Some say there are 300,000 colours, others even 3 million. In short, there are many colours, but scientists haven't figured out the exact number yet because each of us perceives a different [...]
Of the five senses, sight is the most important. This is why the structure of the human eye is the most complex. In fact, it is what we see that underpins most of our conscious movements and actions, and it is no coincidence that the parts of the brain dedicated to sight are much larger than those dedicated to the other senses. Let's take a look at how this works.
The Antikythera mechanism and its history came to light at the beginning of the 20th century, exactly on May 17, 1902, a wreck of an ancient Roman ship was found off the island of Serigotto (Antikythera). Antikythera is a rocky island located between Crete and mainland Greece. In the early 1900s, a group of Greek divers from the eastern Mediterranean island of Symi were searching for natural sponges when, during a storm [...]
At the beginning of the twentieth century, in a tomb dating back to 1500 of the pre-Columbian civilization known as Quimbaia, some 100 small figurines representing animals such as: insects, fish, birds, lizards, bats, frogs and cats were found. Among these figurines, however, there were some that have puzzled many archaeologists and scientists. After all, these figurines resembled modern flying machines. [...]