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An amateur naturalist from the United States discovered 7 new peacock spiders (Photo, Video)

Arachnophil Joseph Schubert over the past year has discovered seven new spiders of the Maratus squad - insects known for their psychedelic color schemes and bizarre mating dances. Peacock spiders, despite their coloring, are completely harmless. Their...

29 March 2020, 11:08

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SpaceX will engage in cargo transportation to the near-moon station

SpaceX will be the first company to deliver goods to the upcoming Gateway near-moon station. Gateway is a project of a manned station in lunar orbit, which will allow for missions in orbit and the surface of the moon. NASA, the Canadian Space Agency...

29 March 2020, 10:56

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Architects created a comfortable home for living in the forest

BIG architects - Bjarke Ingels Group developed the prototype of a tiny holiday home as the first model for a Klein startup. Located in upstate New York, USA, Project A45 is a one-story building with an area of 17 square meters. The open-plan space...

27 March 2020, 16:41

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Travel to Heaven: In China, an outdoor elevator lifts people 326 meters above the ground

The Bailong elevator is located in one of the most picturesque places in China - in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. It is called the “One Hundred Dragons Lift” and is officially listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest outdoor elevator in...

27 March 2020, 16:00

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Minecraft will create a copy of the Earth at a scale of 1:1 (Video)

PippenFTS Channel launched a project to reconstruct our entire planet on one of the Minecraft servers. While the whole world practices self-isolation under quarantine, enthusiasts decided on an extremely ambitious project. Having edited some game...

27 March 2020, 15:48

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New ankle exoskeleton to increase running speed by 10% — Stanford scientists (Video)

Usually exoskeletons are created in order to reduce the load on the muscles and increase the ability of a person to carry goods. Another popular application is to restore working ability to older people who themselves cannot overcome long distances or...

27 March 2020, 15:34

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Audi and Volkswagen changed logos due to coronavirus (Video)

Audi and Volkswagen have changed their logos, urging society to isolate themselves because of the coronavirus pandemic. In the published videos, the four intersecting rings of the Audi logo are spaced apart at equal intervals, and on the Volkswagen logo...

27 March 2020, 14:44

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Designers reconstructed an old house in the center of Beirut (Photo)

In the central Beirut district of Wadi Abu Jamil, the reconstruction of the old house of the Lebanese design studio Platau was carried out. This is one of the most unique penthouses created in recent years in the world. Taking advantage of the...

27 March 2020, 14:26

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A hobby that makes you dizzy: Japanese creates sculptures in the genre of glitch art (Photo)

In the past few years, computer graphic artists have not stopped experimenting and pushing the boundaries of a genre known as glitch art. This is an art format that includes the intentional creation of digital or analogue errors and omissions solely for...

27 March 2020, 13:40

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From pyramids to museums: large-scale disinfection has begun in Egypt (Photo)

On March 25, the Ministry of Tourism of Egypt, as part of counteracting the spread of the new coronavirus, began the disinfection of museums and archaeological sites in the country. "The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities has announced the initiation...

26 March 2020, 23:06

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