General The Arecibo Message

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50 years ago: the Arecibo Message was beamed into Space.

On 16th November, 1974, the Arecibo Message was sent into space to communicate human existence to potential extraterrestrial life.

Created by astronomer Frank Drake and his team, the message consisted of:

• Numbers 1 to 10
• Atomic numbers of DNA elements
• The DNA double helix structure
• A human figure
• A diagram of the solar system.
• A diagram of the Arecibo Telescope

It was sent from Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory & it’s destination was the star cluster M13, approximately 25,000 light-years away.

So just 24,950 years more until it reaches its intended destination!

 

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In a study by Yujie Men and her team, four strains of acetobacterium were found to be capable of degrading carbon-fluorine bonds in forever chemicals (PFASs)

Enlisting Microbes to Break Down ‘Forever Chemicals’

Bacteria can degrade particularly tough PFAS varieties

www.scientificamerican.com

 

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The world’s largest waterfall, by volume of water, is actually located underwater. The Denmark Strait Cataract, which is situated between Iceland and Greenland, is a submarine waterfall that flows down a slope in the ocean floor.

 

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There are only 2 fully vegetarian McDonald’s restaurants (No Meat Based Products) in the world, and they are both located in India.

 

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This is the largest 3D printing machine, measuring 12 meters tall (39 feet). It is the largest automated fiber placement (AFP) machine task to print and produce the Neutron rocket (launch vehicle), including the domes and barrels utilizing special carbon fiber composites.

 

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The initial power units of China's first 1-gigawatt offshore photovoltaic project have been connected to the State Grid.

 

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Scientists found a 30,000-year-old mummified Homotherium cub in Siberia. It's the first-ever saber-toothed cat specimen discovered with its fur intact, and the only mummified prehistoric mammal with no close living relatives

 

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Scientists just confirmed there’s a nearby neutron star rotating at a whopping 43,000 RPM, and it has thermonuclear explosions on its surface. It’s part of a binary star system (4U 1820-30) 26000 light-years away. Its white dwarf companion orbits at a record-breaking 11 minutes.

 

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Virologist Beata Halassy has successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruses sparking discussion about the ethics of self-experimentation.

This scientist treated her own cancer with viruses she grew in the lab

Virologist Beata Halassy says self-treatment worked and was a positive experience — but researchers warn that it is not something others should try.

www.nature.com

 

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Model of a prehistoric pig-like mammal known as Dinohyus, which translates to "terrible pig".

 

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Cold weather phenomenon displays light pillars in the sky. The effect is created by the reflection of light from tiny ice crystals that are suspended in the atmosphere.

 

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In Canada, there is a small town named "Dildo" located in Newfoundland and Labrador. It attracts tourists because of its unusual name.

 

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The Palmetto Tortoise Beetle: the larvae of this species produce long, thin strands of feces that are gradually woven together to form protective "fecal shields" around their bodies

 

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The etruscan shrew is the smallest mammal in the world, with adults ranging between 3 to 5.2 cm in length excluding tail which adds around another 2.5 to 3.2 cm.

 

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The first drawings of the moon made by Galileo Galilei after he observed it through his telescope in 1609.

 

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The Lion’s Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world.

 

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Magnetic North is now drifting faster than 30 miles per year. It had moved away from the geological north and now set to move past it in the opposite direction

There remains the geographic poles. Those don't change. This is the magnetic poles which meander because the interior of the Earth is effectively a molten ball of metal that sloshes around due to convection, differential rotation and other sophisticated reasons that exist despite our inability to directly see/smell/taste/touch/hear.

 

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The W76-1 nuclear warhead. It has a yield of 90000 tonnes of TNT.

 

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A healthy brain compared to a brain with advanced Alzheimer’s

 

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Mad honey, harvested from the cliffs of Ghale Gaun, Nepal, is collected by gatherers who scale 800 feet with minimal equipment. In small amounts, it can produce relaxation and euphoria, but larger doses may cause severe symptoms, including dizziness, nausea, hallucinations and heart issues or death

 

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Rock Sculpture of Decebalus in Romania.

 

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The Paris Morgue in the 1880's: not only did it have viewing gallery, but it was one of the most popular attractions in the city in Victorian times. People would often take their kids on a trip at the morgue to look at the bodies

 

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Russian physicist Anatoli Bugorski is the only person known to have been directly exposed to a nuclear particle accelerator beam — and survive.

Aftermath: The left half of Bugorski's face swelled up beyond recognition and, over the next several days, the skin started to peel, revealing the path that the proton beam had burned through parts of his face, his bone, and the brain tissue underneath. As it was believed that he had received far in excess of a fatal dose of radiation, Bugorski was taken to a clinic in Moscow where the doctors could observe his expected demise.

However, Bugorski survived, completed his PhD, and continued working as a particle physicist. There was virtually no damage to his intellectual capacity, but the fatigue of mental work increased markedly. Bugorski completely lost hearing in the left ear, replaced by a form of tinnitus. The left half of his face was paralysed due to the destruction of nerves"

 

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This entirely black penguin, a very rare occurrence

 

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125 million year old fossil of mammal biting dinosaur


View: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/18/1188275701/this-fossil-of-a-mammal-biting-a-dinosaur-captures-a-death-battles-final-moments