Fulgurites: When Lightning Strikes Sand, Magic Is Formed
The amazing crystalline structures called fulgurites are created in a flash.
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The amazing crystalline structures called fulgurites are created in a flash.
Researchers just confirmed that nanoplastics can cause wretched malformations and growth defects in baby chicks when injected into chicken embryos.
Though the concept is still fully theoretical, NASA's pellet-beam propulsion could shorten interstellar space travel to five years or so. Read to learn more.
The images, executed in relief, include a complete depiction of the signs of the zodiac. Other reliefs show the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars.
Tutte le strade portano a Roma, “All roads lead to Rome,” is a famous saying based on historical and archaeological facts: when our glorious ancestors built…