Last week, the longest insect in the world was discovered in the remote rainforest of Borneo. The newly found stick insect is more than 60 centimeters long! It was discovered by the researchers from the WWF (World Wildlife Fund). The world’s longest inse
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Humans need oxygen (O2) to breathe. Other animals and plants also need oxygen to survive. In other words, all living organisms cannot live without oxygen. Recently, to our surprise, Italian scientists discovered very special animals that can survive witho
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According to British scientists at the Open University, toads can detect earthquakes. After studying a population of common toads in central Italy before last year’s earthquake hit, the researchers found that toads are able to sense earthquakes up to fiv
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We never know how far science can go. Recently, American scientists surprised the world by developing a cool new technology. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft succeeded in turning the human skin to a touch screen! Their cool inventio
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Wouldn’t it be cool to have a special cloak that could make you invisible? The popular, fictional boy wizard Harry Potter had one! In the near future, you may also be able to have one! Recently, British and German scientists have created a magical cloak!
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Some amphibians and reptiles can regrow their body parts. For example, if a salamander loses its tail, it can regrow it in a few days! Isn’t that amazing? But can humans regrow body parts, too? According to American scientists, it will be possible in the
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Recently, very special frogs were found in a farmland in Australia. The frog species is called the yellow spotted bell frog. The frog was thought to have been extinct for more than 30 years! The exact location of the frogs is to remain secret to protect t
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There are about a million earthquakes around the world each year. In fact, an earthquake happens somewhere in the world once every 30 seconds. But only about 100 of these cause serious damage. You may not sense a magnitude 2 quake, but you would feel the
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Recently, scientists at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) discovered the oldest stars outside the Milky Way galaxy, using the Very Large Telescope in Chile. The massive telescope measures 8.2 meters in diameter. It is installed in the Atacama Desert
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There are 5 oceans in the world - the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean, and Antarctic Ocean. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the 5 oceans. In fact, it is also the deepest and the oldest ocean in the world. The Pacific Ocean wa
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