Can we believe that man used a device like an analog computer two thousand years ago …? But that is the reality. One such device that still amazes researchers today is the Antiquator mechanism, which is housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. In ancient times, ships sailing from Asia Minor to Italy…
The ground rose up to form large bubbles. They have been called the “trembling tundra” because they jiggle when stepped upon. It turns out that these bubbles have formed because methane gasses are rising into the empty spaces created by melting permafrost. Like a ticking time bomb, the pressure is building up inside these bubbles…
Michael Jackson’s 1987 music album ‘Smooth Criminal’ shocked the world with his amazing performance of tilting 45 degrees on a dance floor.Even dancers and scientists around the world are puzzled as to how this is possible. A normal person can tilt forward by 20 to 25 degrees and a well trained person can lean forward…
While the diameter of our Milky Way is one million light-years, the Andromeda Galaxy is about two million light-years. We have an estimated 10,000 billion stars and more than 600 billion Earth-like planets. There are a trillion stars that are two million light-years across. So how many there look like Earth ??.
There is a city in Central Europe called Carvajalka that even Hitler’s Nazis were reluctant to set foot on, which shook Europe during World War II. The city of Karvashka is located in the disputed country of Croatia, which includes parts of Croatia and Serbia. Adjacent to the Bosnian border, the city is one of…
About a dozen species have been identified under this endangered genus, Dunkleosteus. These terrifying fish, with their powerful jaws, head, body, and heavy armor, roamed the oceans 358-382 million years ago. The biggest feature was the jawbones, which closed very quickly. Fossils. Fossils have been found in North America, Belgium, Poland and Morocco. Of these,…
On June 19, 2019, the US space agency released an image taken by NASA’s Hubble Telescope. A scene that looks like a ‘devil’s face’ in a distant space. But NASA is now explaining what this scene looks like. This phenomenon, known as AM 2026-424, occurs 704 million light-years from Earth. The current ‘face’ is the…
Pak is a pet fish that resembles a piranha. Although native to South America, Pak is a popular breed around the world. Pacu is the oldest word in the Tupi-Gorani language of South America. The word means ‘fast eaters’. The most commonly grown variety in Kerala is the Red Bellied Pak. The names of the…
Two years ago, on April 20, 2019, scientists received a unique radio signal from Alpha Centauri, 4 light years away from us. After much study, scientists arrived on December 20, 2020, concluding that it was more likely to be an alien signal. There are many valid reasons to come to such a conclusion. One of…
