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What happens when the amount of vacuum increases and the atmospheric pressure on the outside of the tank is no longer balanced by pressure inside the tank, causing the tank walls to collapse.

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According to an index developed in 2015, Earth is not the most habitable planet found yet.

Kepler-442b, a rocky near-Earth-sized exoplanet that is 1206 light-years away from Earth, has a rating of 0.836. On the other hand, Earth has a rating of 0.829.

The paper introducing the…

According to an index developed in 2015, Earth is not the most habitable planet found yet. Kepler-442b, a rocky near-Earth-sized exoplanet that is 1206 light-years away from Earth, has a rating of 0.836. On the other hand, Earth has a rating of 0.829. The paper introducing the…
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Mammatus clouds are cellular patterns of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud, typically a cumulonimbus raincloud. The name derives from the Latin mamma (meaning 'udder' or 'breast').

These filmed over the Chinese province of Hubei.

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An Archimedes' screw is a machine used for transferring water from a low-lying body of water into irrigation ditches.

Greek philosopher Archimedes first described it around 234 BCE.

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The Khoekhoegowab language, also known as Nama/Damara, part of the Khoisan languages of Southern Africa, that use click consonants as phonemes

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The platypus is so weird that the scientists who first discovered it thought it was fake.

The European explorers assumed an egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed, venomous mammal had to be an elaborate hoax.

[📹 PBS | Nature]

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Just 18 months ago, rescued tiger Maruay only knew a concrete floor and a small cage.

This is an uninterrupted minute of Maruay with his beloved ball.

[📹 wildlife_friends_foundation]

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Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, with a meteor's streak, prospectively falling in its crater

[📸 Gunarto Song]

Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, with a meteor's streak, prospectively falling in its crater [📸 Gunarto Song]
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