A 54-page draft of a research paper co-authored by Einstein and his friend, Swiss engineer Michel Bessot, sold for a record US$13 million. According to Christie’s Auctions, which is in charge of auctioning the document, it is the highest price for any scientific manuscript. The identity of the buyer is not disclosed. But this auction has attracted the interest…
About 3,600 years ago, an ancient city in what is now the Middle East was destroyed by a sudden disaster. Archaeologists have not been able to figure out how the city of Tol al-Hammam (as it is today) was destroyed overnight, which was located in modern-day Jordan. But archaeologists who have been studying the remains of this ruined city…
More than 100 years ago, on June 30, 1908, a very large explosion occurred on the banks of the Tunguska River in eastern Siberia, Russia. Due to this explosion, the forests in this area were flattened. Let’s say that this big explosion was caused by a meteorite, but if the meteorite is true, then there is a crater left…
Ancient Chinese archaeologists announced this week that they had discovered the skull of a new human race named Dragon Man. According to Chinese experts, this new human race is the closest race to current humans. Among the hominin races discovered to date, Neanderthals and Homo erectus are the closest hominin relatives to humans. Scientists have named the human race…
Almost everything that people write about Valentine’s Day on Facebook has some real history and some discrepancies. Many people don’t even know that there are not one but two Saint Valentines that gave rise to today’s name. People don’t know that Valentine’s Day was celebrated in Roman times before the advent of Christianity. When I say Valentine’s Day, I…
The Olympic torch traveled thousands of miles from Olympia, Greece. train, plane, ship After carrying the robots for thousands of miles and days, I arrived at this opening ceremony. During this period of carrying, the flame of the Olympic torch was not completely extinguished. It is not easy to put out this fire. Engineers and experts have carefully calculated,…
A French doctor named Joseph Ignace Guillotin gave his name to the world-famous beheading machine. Thousands of people were killed during the French Revolution using the guillotine. Among them were King Louis and the Queen of France. Similar cutting machines are used in Germany and Persia. It is said to have been used in Scotland and Italy for a…