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A group of Italian scientists presented an innovative robot inspired by nature and capable of growing like a living plant. This device is designed using biomimicry, which allows you to reproduce natural processes. The liana-like robot is able to expand and contract, and its structure resembles a flexible plant stem. The device can actively adapt […]
The National Museum of Scotland has restored the armband of a Roman soldier, which is approximately 1800 years old. It was reconstructed from more than 100 fragments found in the Trimontium, a complex of Roman forts in Scotland,writes The Guardian. The armband was made in the II century from strips of brass that overlap each […]
Japan became the fifth country to successfully land on the moon. However, the celebration of this event was short-lived. The SLIM landed at 10:20 a.m. EST, but its solar panels never opened, leaving the device to operate on a battery that would last for several hours. This landing has attracted considerable attention, especially after the […]
NASA opened a container with samples of the asteroid Bennu after several months of attempts and showed a photo of the filling. The image shows the rock that the OSIRIS-REx probe took from the asteroid. According to OSIRIS-REx team member Lindsay Keller, the scientists examined the samples almost at the atomic level. The asteroid Bennu, […]
Ukrainian archaeologists told about an amazing cemetery recently discovered, where the dead were buried with unusual objects. The cemetery, located about 80 kilometers from Kyiv, contains 107 graves, most of which are burials in wooden coffins, according to say archaeologists from the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. There are both men and women buried […]
The research vessel of EYOS Expeditions managed to get close to the world’s largest free-floating iceberg and take breathtaking footage. This was reported by CNN. The photos show the arches and cavernous hollows that have formed. The footage also shows the huge size of the ice block. The iceberg gradually breaks up as it moves […]
The exoplanet, discovered just 73 light-years away, allows us to see what baby Earth might look like if it were locked in a very narrow orbit with its star. The world is named HD 63433 d, a newborn exoplanet that is only slightly larger than the Earth, orbiting a Sun-like star. It is the smallest […]
A new artificial intelligence system has successfully detected dozens of entrances to caves on Mars using images of the planet’s surface where people could live. This was reported by the British edition of The Independent. Researchers from Durham University in the UK have trained the CaveFinder machine learning algorithm to recognize potential cave entrances from […]
Scientists have long been trying to figure out why dogs wag their tails. Various theories have been put forward, ranging from demonstrating happiness and friendliness to showing sympathy. Now, researchers have suggested that this is just a result of domestication. They analyzed more than 100 scientific papers and found several patterns. Yes, some animals do […]
The Event Horizon Telescope team has published a new, most detailed image of the black hole M87, which was created using an additional telescope and independent data collected in 2018. The team of the telescope reported this on its website. The previous image was taken in 2017, but with the new improvements, the team has […]