curiosities

Those who live or frequent deserts have had the chance to hear a distant melody that is produced by the desert sands. This phenomenon is already mentioned in the Middle Eastern literature of the fifth century and in Chinese treatises of the same time.

It is true that there are people who are not fearful, in the purest style of the children's story of Juan sin Fiedo ....

More than 40% of the works of art for sale are false and their identification is not easy. Sometimes the scammer self-denounces, as those...

Techniques used to establish the height of a mountain or the depth of a precipice on Earth are of little use on other planets....

Unlike humans, dogs have very few sweat glands in their skin, so they cannot rely on dermal perspiration to regulate their body temperature. This...

About 700 animal species are bioluminescent, meaning that their bodies have the ability to emit phosphorescent light. Among them is a type of cephalopod,...

In July 1976, experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory made a striking find on Mars. While analyzing the photos taken by the Viking 1...

French chemist Edouard Benedictus accidentally dropped a flask on the ground. To his surprise, it was not shattered.