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In Southern Denmark, the construction of the Femern Belt link, was under way. The Femern Belt link is a tunnel that will connect the island of Fehmarn, Germany, with the Danish island of Lolland. One day, at the construction site, some workers bumped into something different while digging the ground. It seemed like some tool…

Around 2000 BC, Maya civilization came and settled in the rain forests of the Yucatan Peninsula of Central America. They had lived in Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, the southern part of Mexico and eastern parts of El Salvador. The remains of the civilizations have been often discovered in these places. Recently, a 95% preserved frieze has…

Wow! That is another feat Chris Hadfield accomplished. Chris Hadfield who? Hey! He is a a very popular Canadian Astronaut who keeps going back and forth to space. And while in space he keeps in touch with people on Earth by sending interesting videos and photos about how life is up there without gravity. This…

Japan’s pride, the snow topped Volcano Mt Fuji is all set to become a World Heritage site. What is a World Heritage site? A World Heritage Site is a natural place or a man made wonder which is very special. It could be a lake, mountain, forest, mountain, island, desert, monument, building, complex, or a city. If…

Yes! That’s what a 17 year old boy, Timothy Doner from New York has done. He learnt 23 languages just in a matter of few weeks. Even Doner did not know about his hidden talent until he started learning Herbrew, which he easily picked up within a week!! Now Doner is being called by experts as ‘hyperpolyglot‘ often…

A striped beak fish travelled all the way from Japan, aboard a stranded boat, to travel around 8,000 Kms and landed on a beach in Oregon, US. So what is so special about it you would ask? Don’t many fishes travel long distances to migrate from one place to the other? Yes, many fishes do but not this…

Guess where the World’s lightest material has been invented and made? Well, pretty much like everything around us, the lightest substance Aerogel, is also made in China. It is so light that if a mug made out of it is kept on grass, not even a blade of grass will bend!! Aerogel is produced with a…

Not many of you must have heard about the Abel Prize. But you will be surprised to know that it is an extremely prestigious honor and often also described as the “mathematician’s Nobel prize”. Remember that the Nobel Prize is not awarded in the field of mathematics. The Abel Prize was established in 2001 by the Government of Norway…

Millions of prawns have been washed ashore in Coronel city, in Chile. The city is about 530km (330 miles) from the capital, Santiago. The scientists are suspecting that the strange sad phenomenon could be because of change in water temperature or its oxygen levels. For one it could be the local power plants that use the sea water…

Did you know that today, March 8th is a day for women? International Women’s Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 when the United Nations General Assembly invited member countries to proclaim March 8 as the UN Day for women’s rights and world peace. Yes! We have to celebrate this day by loving , honoring and respecting every woman that…

A friend in need is a friend indeed. And what if that friend is a dog. In Poland, a dog proved this saying true when he saved a little girl. Three year old, Julia, disappeared from her house on Friday. She lost her way and ended up in nearby marshes. The temperature was 5 degrees…