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Victory for giraffe lovers and animals welfare activists
Giraffes have sadly joined the too numerous groups of endangered animals. Perhaps even more concerning is the fact that up until recently this unique mammal and tallest terrestrial animal remained unprotected. After the species’ population has experienced a rapid decline of about 40% and gone instinct in seven countries over the last three decades, experts…
Why is the Amazon rain forest so important?
You’ve heard it, it’s all over the news: the Amazon rain forest is burning. While forest fires are always tragic, fires in the Amazon are even worse. Here’s why. The Amazon forest With more than 6 million square kilometres in 6 countries, the Amazon rainforest is the biggest forest in the world. Brazil, where there…
Mercury does have a solid core and it is larger than we think
For many years, scientists had established that Mercury, like planet Earth, had a liquid outer metal core. For the rest, it was only speculation. However, new evidence supports the theory of a solid metallic inner core. New solid evidence It was NASA that recently presented new evidence on the existence of a solid core at…
The International Space Station welcomes a new robot!
Last Saturday, a robot tried to reach the International Space Station (ISS), but without success. It was during the second attempt on Tuesday that the small 1.80 metre robot named Feodor (or Fedor) finally managed to join the ISS aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-14. “I apologize for the delay. I was in traffic jams.…