Discovered fauna. The discoveries of the world

Scientific organizations summed up the work in 2008. First of all, the scientists point to new types of fauna discovered for the past 12 months. World and nature still amaze with the variety of the inhabitants. These are the main discoveries:
Olive wood zaryanka (Stiphrornis pyrrholaeumus) was found in Gabon during the ordinary biological expedition. Scientists [...]



 Mysteries of the world

Since ancient times the North is veiled in secrecy. There were eager adventurers, scientists, adventurers of our world and nature – in search of the “world tree”, located on the Far North, undiscovered “lands of Sannikov”, unknown islands.
In many legends and stories, there is the entrance to the underground kingdom on the north, inhabited by [...]



 Finding in Antarctica. Formation of the planet

Rocks from space are not infrequent visitors to Earth. Each year through the atmosphere to the surface of our planet breaks a lot of meteorites. However, recently discovered in Antarctica couple of boulders are of extraterrestrial origin and yet are not meteors. Scientists suggest that it’s the fragments of the dead planet of the solar [...]



 Healing trees. Trees amulets

“The tree is a perfect type of plant in the world and nature; there can be seen the influence of the planets, the elements, the World Spirit and the Great Arch, which is fire and light, anger and love, as the word spoken by the Eternal Father” – wrote a famous French occultist Paul Sedir.
Healing [...]



 How to survive in the forest?

To be lost in the woods is a piece of cake even for a man of experience. Going in the forest, take always you three things with: knife, matches and watch. Watch will serve you as compass. Point the hour hand to the sun, and the angle formed by it and the numeral 1 on [...]



 Animals myths. Bats eyes

Today, in an age of unrestricted flow of information and a large number of conjectures and fictions, ше ші often difficult to separate myth from reality.
Why everyone thinks that the ostrich buries his head in the sand?
This legend dates back to Roman times when it was believed that ostriches hide from danger not just anywhere, [...]



 Lights before the earthquakes

Before earthquakes there is often observed a strange phenomenon – a bright glow in the air. Hence, perhaps, there are legends about “fiery horsemen”, which descend to earth to warn people of impending disaster. And what is it?
In 1847, before the earthquake in Shinshu (Japan) against the dark sky there appeared a rotating cloud of [...]



 Drinking water. Problems with drinking water

At the time, when the deposits of “black gold” are enough for another hundred years, drinking water may run out in the world and nature much earlier – by 2030.
The problem lies not in the volume of water – the Earth has a huge reserve at both poles. However, the glacial water remains only a [...]



 Colors of rainbow. Rainbow phenomenon

Since childhood everybody of us know the proverb “Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain”. At the initial letters of these sayings we remember the names and sequence of colors of this unusual and beautiful natural phenomenon – rainbow.
Mankind has tied up a rainbow with many superstitions and legends. In Greek mythology the rainbow is [...]



 Interesting facts about Earth

Gravitation is distributed evenly over the surface of the Earth
It turns out that in some places you can feel heavier than others. The low gravity is observed near the coasts of India, and relatively high gravity – in the South Pacific.
Atmosphere “disappears”
Due to thermal energy, the rate of certain molecules on the outer edge of [...]