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A two-year-old British boy became the youngest person to reach Everest Base Camp. This was reported by Mirror. Carter Dallas climbed to the southern site in Nepal, located at an altitude of 5300 meters above sea level, on October 25. He made the climb on the back of his father Ross, along with his 31-year-old […]
On New Year’s Eve, Russians attacked Ukraine with a record number of Shahed kamikaze drones and missiles, and Ukrainian defenders destroyed 87 of the 90 drones, a record number of UAVs. This was reported by the Air Force. “On New Year’s Eve 2024, the enemy used a record number of Shahed attack UAVs. The attack […]
A team of engineers from Japan has achieved a significant breakthrough in data transmission technology by developing a new type of fiber optic cable with extremely high bandwidth. Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology(NICT) transferred data at 22.9 petabits per second (Pbps), according to the NewAtlas report. For comparison, the current estimate of […]
Despite centuries of research, the natural world never ceases to amaze scientists: every now and then they discover new species and learn something unusual about them. Researchers have discovered something surprising about another species that can be easily confused with a flower, Science writes. The orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) looks so much like a flower […]
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio has successfully completed his mission and returned to Earth, setting a new record for the longest time an American astronaut has been in orbit. This is reported by NASA and The Times. It is noted that the man spent 371 days in orbit. Rubio, along with his Russian colleagues, cosmonauts Sergei […]
Christopher Nolan’s film Oppenheimer set a record as the highest-grossing biopic in history, earning $912.7 million at the global box office. Thus, the film outpaced Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, which grossed $910.8 million. The film tells the story of the work and life of theoretical physicist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Robert […]
Pilots of F-35 Lightning II and Eurofighter Typhoon fighters of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain (RAF) were able to set a record for the number of launched AIM-132 ASRAAM missiles. The record was set as part of exercises in September 2022, which took place at the Hebridean Air Weapons Ranges. Over the course […]