The scientists discovered a massive underwater river on the Black Sea's bottom. This fascinating river with trees and leaves that fall on the sea's bottom has also waterfalls. Placed on the land, this river would be in the top 6 regarding the volume of water that flows through it. It is about 350 times bigger than Thames and 10 times bigger than the Rhine. The discovery will … [Read more...]
The legendary ship HMS Terror’s wreck was found in the arctic zone after 150 years
The wreck of the HMS Terror ship, the latter ship of the British explorer Sir John Franklin expedition, which started in 1845 to find a new maritime ways to connect the Atlantic Ocean of the Pacific Ocean, was found in the arctic zone. The Parks Canada teams, a non-governmental organisation of marine archaeology made this discovery. The archaeologists discovered the remaining … [Read more...]
Over one billion stars were localized in the Milky Way
We use to say that is impossible to count the stars on the sky. Still, a map of the Milky Way that has an unprecedented precision and that localized 1.142 million of stars starting from the observations of the European Telescope Gaia, was presented by the ESA (The European Space Agency). Anthony Brown, member of the Gaia researching team, stated in a press conference in Madrid … [Read more...]
Leonardo DiCaprio launched an online project of monitoring the industrial trawlers to prevent the excessive fishing
A new free online program proposed by the NGOs from Oceania and SkyTruth, in collaboration with the Internet giant Google, will offer anyone the possibility of monitoring the industrial trawlers from the world, almost in real time. This program was officially launched by the environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, at Washington, at the 'Our Ocean Conference 2016'. According … [Read more...]
Diego, the sex-symbol turtle that saved its species from extinction
Diego, the male turtle from the Ecuadorian archipelago is over 100 years old but is very sexually active and he saved his species from extinction, being the father of more than 800 babies. His contribution to the re-population of the Espanola Island is huge, according to the Washington Tapia, counselor of the Galapagos National Park. The male of the Chelonoidis hoodensis … [Read more...]
The sudden disappearance of a very far star may confirm the theories about the creation of the black hole
The astrophysicists have no certitude about the way in which the black holes take form. The sudden disappearance of a gigantic red star, that was studied by astronomers through the orbital telescope Hubble and it was at a distance of about 20 million light years, can represent the first birth of a black hole 'witnessed' by humanity, according to newscientist.com. Using the data … [Read more...]
The researches unmounted a 200 year old theory: the ovules can be eliminated from the reproductive process
An international scientists team affirms that the reproduction without the help of the ovules will be possible one day. They manage to obtain healthy young mice, making the sperm cells to 'think' that they were fertilizing normal ovules. The discovery, published in the Nature Communications, could make that, in the far away future, the women to be eliminated from the process of … [Read more...]
AXIS launches a focus laser technology dedicated to the PTZ video cameras
When there are difficult illumination conditions, the traditional PTZ cameras have difficulties with the focus and video quality. The new AXIS Q6155-E integrates a laser technology that measures that distance between the camera and the objects. In this way, the focus is made faster and with a bigger accuracy, the camera recording clear images every time. AXIS Q6155-E integrates … [Read more...]