Origins of world’s earliest writing point to symbols on ‘seals’ used in Mesopotamian trade
An example of a cylinder seal(left)beside its style on a clay tablet(right). A brand-new research study recommends that signs on these seals were the precursor to proto-cuneiform. (Image credit: Franck…
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Hang Son Doong: The world’s biggest cave, so ‘outrageous in size’ it fits 2 jungles and the ‘Great Wall of Vietnam’
Hang Son Doong extends more than 3 miles(5 km )long and 660 feet(200 m)high. (Image credit: Geng Xu/Getty Images) FAST FACTS Call: Hang Son Doong Place: Quang Binh Province, Vietnam…
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World’s biggest battery coming to Maine โ and it could store 130 million times more energy than your laptop
(Image credit: Walter Bibikow/Getty Images) An energy start-up prepares to construct the world’s greatest battery in Lincoln, Maine, to assist reduce tensions on the area’s power grid. The job is…
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Salps: The world’s fastest-growing animals that look like buckets of snot
Salps are discovered throughout the ocean, forming chains to drift around eating small particles. (Image credit: David Fleetham/VW PICS/Universal Images Group by means of Getty Images) Call: Salps (Salpa fusiformis…
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World’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies at 117 years old
Maria Branyas Morera commemorated her 117th birthday previously this year. (Image credit: Arxiu de la família Branyas Morera, (CC0 1.0 UNIVERSAL Deed), through Wikimedia Commons) Maria Branyas Morera, the earliest…
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