Sea lions have a memory that allows them to recognize simple symbols over years, as shown by tests.
In 2016, China created a monkey robot that can climb trees. Weighing just 5 kg, it uses AI to move like a real monkey. It was developed to explore hard-to-reach forests!
A rare ‘sapphire hawk’ in Colombia hunts at sunset. Its wings shimmer blue like a gemstone.
In 1971, the USSR launched the world’s first orbital station, Salyut-1. Cosmonauts lived on it for 23 days, conducting experiments. But during reentry, their capsule depressurized, and the entire...
Photosynthesis by plants produces about 100 billion tons of oxygen annually, measured by global studies.
A small ‘crystal crab’ in the Caribbean Sea lives in corals. Its shell shimmers like glass.
Ice on the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica makes sounds like organ music! Scientists found this is caused by wind passing through ice cavities.
Humpback whales use bubble nets for hunting, releasing rings of bubbles to trap fish, as demonstrated by studies.
The world’s smallest computer, created in 2018, is smaller than a grain of rice. Developed at the University of Michigan, it’s used in medicine, like monitoring cancer cells. Imagine: a device ...
The longest marathon in the world is the 3,100-mile ultra-race in New York. Runners complete 5,649 laps around one block in 52 days, running 100 km daily. It’s a test for the most enduring!
Climate studies show that the Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.
Mount Etna erupts about 0.1 cubic kilometers of lava per century, measured by geologists.
Crop circles appear in Wiltshire, England, sparking mysteries! Studies show most are created by humans as art projects or pranks.
A rare blue lobster, caught off Maine, stuns with its one-in-two-million odds. Its vivid hue stems from a genetic mutation altering shell pigments.
The world’s oldest working lighthouse is in Spain—the Tower of Hercules. Built during the Roman Empire about 1,900 years ago, it still guides ships today. Its stone walls have withstood centuri...
The chemical element uranium decays with a half-life of 4.5 billion years, used for rock dating.
Japan invented a maglev train that reaches 603 km/h—the fastest train in the world! It floats above the tracks using magnets. Passengers say riding it feels like flying at low altitude.
Mount Everest grows by 4 mm each year due to the tectonic movement of the Indian and Eurasian plates.
In Sweden, there’s an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi village that gets rebuilt every year. It’s entirely made of ice and snow, including beds and the bar, with temperatures inside never rising above...
In Australia, a ‘ghost tree’ with white bark glows in the dark. It’s found only in Queensland’s tropical rainforests.
Antarctica loses approximately 150 billion tons of ice annually due to global warming, according to satellite data.