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The spiritual scarab or kheper of old Egypt was the dung beetle, an insect that lives off the waste of vegetarian animals. It was seen as a version of the sun god Khepri, and its name was part of several royal tags, consisting of Men-kheper-re and Kheper-ka-re. The scarab ornament located on mommies and now… continue reading

Blind individuals can read with their fingers, thanks to Louis Braille. Born in 1809 in France, he was an only child with twenty-twenty. At age 3, playing in his daddy’s factory eventually, Louis injured his eye with an awl. Infection eventually blinded him in both eyes, but his parents sent him to a regular school,… continue reading

(c) AFP/Getty Images Did you ever wonder what an ancient building looked like in its heyday? Sometimes archaeologists get the chance to find out, like the team that worked on a recent restoration project at the famous Colosseum of Rome. Originally named the Flavian Amphitheater, because it was constructed by emperors of the Flavian dynasty,… continue reading

Mercury, which normally looks like a thick silvery liquid, is the only steel that’s liquid at space temperature. Its important icon is Hg, which originates from the Greek word “hydrargyrum,” suggesting “liquid silver.” As a matter of fact, it’s additionally called quicksilver. We make use of mercury in a vast array of items, from thermometers… continue reading

Many thanks to a partnership in between a doctor and a teacher of fibers and polymers, extreme shed targets can count on fabricated skin to aid them regrow skin cells. The game-changing material these two men created together in between 1969 as well as 1980 is called Integra Dermal Regeneration Template ™ (Integra DRT). When… continue reading

The NASA building is used to construct big American manned rockets as well as will be used to release upcoming Room Launch System. (Picture by achinthamb/Shutterstock) Created putting together significant spacecraft, NASA’s Vehicle Setting up Structure (or VAB) is one of the world’s largest buildings. At 525 feet, it’s means taller than the Sculpture of… continue reading

Carbon dioxide is a typical gas that we take a breath out but plants breathe in, helping them to grow. It’s also a key player in developing the openings in Swiss cheese as well as putting the “pop” in Pop Rocks. Right here’s things you most likely really did not learn about cheese and candy…. continue reading

How did the ancient Romans deal with plumbing? They built huge and extensive aqueducts, which is Latin for waterway.  These under- and aboveground channels, typically made of stone, brick, and volcanic cement, brought fresh water for drinking and bathing as much as 50 to 60 miles from springs or rivers. Aqueducts helped keep Romans healthy… continue reading

A little Arctic flower called the narrow-leafed campion is the oldest prehistoric plant resuscitated so far. It passed away out 32,000 years earlier, however scientists grew a new plant from a long-frozen fruit located hidden in the Siberian tundra. Russian researchers introduced the task in very early 2012, a few years after the frozen blossom… continue reading

The Petrified National Park in the Arizona desert is what remains of an ancient, semi-tropical woodland from the Late Triassic Duration. After being buried under layers of sand for about 200 million years, the trees became quartz crystals, but they still look like wood. The UNITED STATE named the forest a national monument in 1906… continue reading