Archaeologists say Neanderthals used leaf-shaped spears to hunt. The 65,000-year-old leaf-shaped spear found in the Swabian jura, a cave in Germany, led researchers to this conclusion. Leafpoint was discovered at the Hoyle Fels Archaeological Site. This handicraft is 7.6 c.m (3 inches) long, 4.1 c.m (1.6 inches) wide, 0.9 cm (0.35 inches) thick and weighs…
Mount Etna! Mt.Etna is an active volcano near the city of Catania in Sicily, Italy. Image courtesy of Syracuse City Mount Etna! Mt.Etna is an active volcano near the city of Catania in Sicily, Italy. Image courtesy of Syracuse City
The deep-sea siphonophore is the longest living creature ever found on Earth. It is about 150 feet (46 m) long. Siphonophores are long-necked creatures with many clones. Siphonophores are not really an organism. Rather it is a bound colony of genetically similar pieces — hence the ‘string-like’ shape. Each clone is called a zooids. A…
Starship’s Super Heavy booster Pictured is the 29 Raptor engines inside Starship’s Super Heavy booster. If you look carefully, you will think that it is human to see in many colors. Guess how big this booster is!When these engines are fully running (at full thrust) they burn about 650kg of fuel (CH4 + LOX) per…
If the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, is lowered into the Mariana Trench, it will sink completely. You can only see the top of Mount Everest in the Mariana Trench when you dive to a depth of one and a half kilometers above sea level! It is this last depth that makes the Mariana Trench…
Sanlyurfa is a city in southeastern Turkey. In October 1994, while preparing his farm in the mountains of Gobekli Tepe, about 12 km from here, a farmer named Savak Yildiz saw a rock rising from the ground in a special way. Curious to know what it was, he turned the soil around and realized that…
Neft Duslar is a city in the middle of the Caspian Sea, about 100 kilometers from the Azerbaijani capital, Baku. It is a complete city of 3,000 people with a network of oil platforms and artificial islands connected by 300 km of trail bridges. Neft Daslari, also known as the Oil Rocks, is located in…
The Shanghai Astronomy Museum is located in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in the Lingang Special Area and covers about 58,600 square meters. The museum offers immersive experiences using digital technologies, such as augmented reality, virtual reality and biometrics, allowing visitors to explore more than 300 exhibits in interactive ways. It marks a…
