Inside Chernobyl, scientists have discovered a black fungus feeding on deadly gamma radiation.

Radiotrophic fungi perform radiosynthesis, using the pigment melanin to convert gamma radiation into chemical energy for growth. They were first discovered in 1991.

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Aluminum is an infinitely recyclable material: it takes up to 95% less energy to recycle it than to produce primary aluminum

Today, about 75% of all aluminum produced in history, nearly a billion tons, is still in use

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Sony's 360° transparent light field display with 120 viewpoints for fully volumetric 3D video experience.

It projects at 21600fps from below onto a rotating RGB cylindrical screen, and displays different images at 60fps for each degree.

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The Natural History Museum in London is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 80 million items.

Being a striking examples of Romanesque architecture, it is sometimes dubbed a cathedral of nature: this is its central hall.

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Timelapse of Notre-Dame de Paris' reconstruction.

Reopening yesterday

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When we think about gravity as a concept, we tend to go with our thoughts to Isaac Newton and his apple, but an idea of gravity as attractive force, was first suggested by Indian astronomer Brahmagupta in the year 628 CE.

He called it "gurutvākarṣaṇ".

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Starship is by far the most powerful flying object ever created.

Each Raptor rocket engine produces twice as much thrust as all 4 engines on a 747.

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This is the periodic table of percent composition of the elements in the human body

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