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See The World’s First Wooden Wind Turbine That Generates Enough Electricity To Power 1,000 Homes! #shorts #Modvion #Most turbines #steel #Swedish tradition The world’s tallest wooden wind turbine has started turning near the town of Skara, not far from the city of Gothenburg. The turbine features a 105-meter (345-foot) tower constructed out of wood, according…

The Leaning Tower of Pisa: Why Hasn’t It Fallen Yet? #shorts #Pisa #Leaning Tower #tall bell tower #jaunty angle The Leaning Tower of Pisa: A Tale of Jelly-Like Land, Decades of War, and Some Radical Changes of Plans The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a 57-meter tall bell tower that’s famous for its lean. But…

Asteroid That Could Wipe Out Humanity Is Being Studied By NASA! #shorts #Apophis #Earth #OSIRIS-REx mission #orbit NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to Bennu is over, but the spacecraft is still going strong. Now it’s headed to Apophis, an even more-famous Earth-crossing asteroid. Apophis was named after the Egyptian evil serpent deity who sought to swallow the…

815 New Species Discovered in One Year: See the Most Amazing Animals #shorts #New species #Terry Nation Image Credit #Natural History Museum London #name The Natural History Museum London has named 815 new species this year, including a new genus of parasitic wasps named Dalek after the Doctor Who villains. Other highlights include a stick…

What Happens When You Die? Scientists Finally Have an Answer #shorts #death #cells #cell #body “So you know how people say ‘death is like a single moment’? Well, that’s not true! According to Dr. Devin Finaughty, death is actually a process that starts really soon after you die. First, your cells start to rupture, which…

You’ll Never Believe What This Rare Metal Is Worth! #shorts #iridium #Iridium #transition metal #platinum ores Have you heard of iridium? It’s a metal that’s more expensive than gold! That’s right, folks, iridium is the new flex. So if you’re looking to show off your wealth, just buy a bunch of iridium and stack it…

You Won’t Believe Why Gravity Pulls Us Down! #shorts #gravity #spacetime #space #Earth Why does gravity pull us down and not up? It’s because the Earth is like a giant trampoline and everything with mass is like a bowling ball. When you put a bowling ball on a trampoline, it makes a dip in the…

You Won’t Believe What’s Causing These Giant Fissures! #shorts #groundwater use #ground #water #recent New York Times investigation Huge cracks have been popping up in the ground across the southwest US, caused by humans sucking out groundwater. It’s like the earth is getting a big ol’ wedgie! Scientists say we’re depleting groundwater faster than it…

You’ll Never Believe Why You Can’t Visit New York’s Smallest Island! #shorts #U Thant Island #New York’s Manhattan #small patch #deep-swimming striped bass U Thant Island, also known as Belmont Island, is a tiny speck of land that sits between Manhattan and Queens. It’s so small that no one is allowed to visit it, but…

“”You Won’t Believe What Scientists Found in the Ocean!”” #shorts #plastic rocks #colored rocks #pollution #impact Scientists have discovered plastic rocks! That’s right, folks, trash-loaded waves are crashing against rocky shores and turning them into plastic. These plasticrusts have been found in a variety of coastal regions, and they’re a pretty damning indication of how…