Our Planet

20 Amazing Crocodile Facts

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 29, 2022
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Saltwater crocodile — The saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus), also known as the estuarine crocodile, Indo-Pacific crocodile, marine crocodile, sea crocodile, or informally as saltie, is the largest of all living reptiles (and naturally all living crocodiles), as well as the largest riparian predator in the world. Males of this species can reach sizes up to 6.17 meters (20 feet 3 in). But males reaching or exceeding 6 meters (19.7 feet) are really rare. Females are much smaller and often do not surpass 3 m (9.8 ft). Due to their size, aggression, and distribution, saltwater crocodiles are regarded as the most dangerous extant crocodilian to humans. Source: Deposit Photos

Crocodiles are aquatic reptiles, and among the most feared carnivores on Earth, because of their size, big powerful jaws, and aggressiveness. They are so successful predators – once they were living alongside the dinosaurs. After the Chicxulub impact, which happened around 66 million years ago, the non-avian dinosaurs were gone but crocodiles managed to survive. Here are the top 20 amazing crocodile facts about these fascinating beasts.

Space Exploration

International Space Station Tracking Map [Live!]

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 28, 2022
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Where’s the International Space Station right now? Here’s the live International Space Station tracking map, powered by the European Space Agency (ESA).

Biology Climate Global Warming

Global food supply is in danger. Microalgae promise abundant healthy food and feed in any environment

Post author By Horizon Magazine
Post date September 27, 2022
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Spirulina, a blue-green microalgae, is an excellent source of micronutrients and protein. Image: Deposit Photos

The global food supply faces a range of threats including climate change, wars, pests, and diseases. Microalgae, an organism too small for the human eye to see could offer some answers. Here’s how.

Insects Life on Earth

10 Largest Insects in the world

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 26, 2022
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A Hercules beetle on human hand. One of the largest insects in the world. — A Hercules beetle on human hand

Insects evolved around 480 million years ago, around the same time as the earliest land plants. Today, they represent more than 90 percent of the animal life forms on Earth. They are in many different body shapes and sizes. Here are the top 10 largest insects in the world.

Environment Energy Technology

Are All-Electric Homes Feasible in the Near Future?

Post author By Evelyn Long
Post date September 25, 2022
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Electric vehicles are having a moment in the sun thanks to significant pushes to invest in the performance and energy efficiency of EVs. While electrifying our lifestyles isn’t perfectly clean energy, it significantly reduces our carbon footprint by lessening our nonrenewable energy consumption.

This leads many to ask – can we electrify our homes while we electrify our cars? With home construction thriving and 67% of homebuyers preferring energy efficiency as their top purchasing criterion, one constructive method of keeping costs down is going electric.

But what is an all-electric home, and are they feasible?

Solar System Astronomy

James Webb Space Telescope captures amazing images of Neptune’s rings [and its moons!]

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 23, 2022
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James Webb Space Telescope Neptune image — This infrared image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows Neptune, its rings, and its moons. The newly-released photos were taken using Webb's near-infrared camera (NIRCam), which has three infrared filters that reveal details of planets that can't be seen by the human eye. That's why Neptune doesn't appear as it normally does in the visible wavelength. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI / Joseph DePasquale

Using its near-infrared camera, the James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing images of Neptune and its rings. Thanks to the newly released images, we now see Neptune’s rings for the first time since 1989, when Voyager 2 performed the first flyby to the gas giant.

Animals Life on Earth

20 Amazing Alligator Facts [And Misconceptions about Alligators]

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 20, 2022
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Alligators are very large reptiles. An alligator is also a crocodilian – they are close cousins of crocodiles. But, unlike crocodiles – which can be found on all continents except Europe and Antarctica, they are native to only the United States and China. Here are 20 amazing alligator facts.

Chemistry Astronomy

The Origins of the Elements are Explained in this Excellent Infographic by NASA

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 20, 2022
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NASA Exoplanets has published an amazing infographic showing the origins of the elements. From the calcium in our bones to the iron in our blood, we really are made from star stuff.

Earth from Space Space Exploration

9/11 Attacks on the Twin Towers from space

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 11, 2022
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9/11 attacks on Twin Towers from space — Visible from space, a smoke plume rises from the Manhattan area after two planes crashed into the towers of the World Trade Center. This photo was taken of metropolitan New York City (and other parts of New York as well as New Jersey) on the morning of September 11, 2001, during the 9/11 attacks. Photo: NASA

On September 11, 2001, during the 9/11 attacks, NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson took this photo from the International Space Station (ISS) of smoke rising from the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.

Space Exploration

How do astronauts wash clothes in space? [Astronaut explains]

Post author By M. Özgür Nevres
Post date September 10, 2022
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How do astronauts wash their clothes in space? Well, the answer is simple: they don’t. It may be weird, but we don’t have a way or technology safe enough to clean laundry in the microgravity environment of space.