Meet the shop cats of Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan district. Traditionally adopted to keep away rats from expensive produce, the feline guardians have become part of the central neighbourhood’s fabric.
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Meet the shop cats of Hong Kong’s Sheung Wan district
Feline good — Traditionally adopted to keep away rats from expensive produce, the feline guardians have become part of the central neighbourhood...
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A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters | A black seadevil anglerfish was sighted near the surface, about 2,000 meters off the coast of Tenerife in the Canary Islands, which are part of Spain, by scientists with Condrik Tenerife
A Deep-Sea Fish of Nightmares Strays Into Shallow Waters
A scary-looking creature with “devil” in its name was spotted close to the surface off Tenerife, a Spanish island.
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A 15 year old ended up creating the longest grand piano in the world after asking a simple question. Inside a piano, the bass strings are wrapped with copper wire to deepen the sound without needing more length. He asked his piano teacher, "without using copper wire, how long would the bass strings need to be to hit the right notes?" His teacher had no idea, so Adrian decided to figure it. The Alexander Piano is 18ft 9 inches, weighing over a metric ton image
From a dried lake bed in Iraq’s Western Desert, archaeologists have recovered more than 800 Paleolithic artifacts that include Early Paleolithic hand axes estimated to be 1.5 million years old.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM—More than 800 Paleolithic artifacts have been recovered from a dried lake bed in […]
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Happy Lunar New Year! 🧧 🎉 We're welcoming in the Year of the Snake, a creature characterized as alert, calm, and smart. This playful Chinese zodiac figure of a snake, dating back to the late Jin and Yuan dynasties, is depicted with exaggerated physical features, like a disproportionately large head and mischievous expression, almost like a cartoon character. The snake smirks and rolls its bulging eyes as it raises its head above its coiled body. @metmuseum image
Korean scientists have introduced a groundbreaking innovation—transparent solar panels—that can transform windows into power-generating surfaces without compromising their transparency. In today’s densely populated urban landscapes, where space is a premium, this technology offers a solution to the spatial limitations of traditional solar panels, seamlessly integrating renewable energy generation into modern cityscapes. https://scienceadvance.com/korean-scientists-create-invisible-solar-panels/ #solarpanels #Korea #science image
The Perfect Cacio e Pepe Recipe, According to Science. Italian scientists have drawn from thermodynamic principles to prevent a famous pasta from turning into a gooey mess. https://archive.ph/SuMyx #pasta #science #cooking image
Utah Authorities Seek Climber Who Inserted Bolts Into Ancient Petroglyph Site. The petroglyphs depict pregnant sheep and are located near Utah's border with Colorado.
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Utah Officials Seek Climber Who Inserted Bolts at Ancient Petroglyph Site
Utah authorities are seeking more information about a climber who installed climbing bolts into the site of an ancient petroglyph.
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An Anglo-Saxon 10th century CE pocket-sized sundial found in 1938. The pin, known as a ‘gnomon’, was placed in the hole for the relevant month. When the sundial was suspended from the chain, it used the altitude of the sun to calculate 3 separate times of the day #AngloSaxon #sundial #time image
It is not just a bicycle.. it was the beginning of the invention of the motor and then the car. It is an old bicycle that works with gears instead of a chain. According to the description, it dates back to the year 1900 AD. @MechanicsMix (ED: Note NOT 1900 BC!) #bicycle image