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Selfie seekers fuel rise in shark attacks
Selfie seekers fuel rise in shark attacks

The growing number of shark bites is due to social media influencers encouraging tourists to try to pet this type of marine predator, The Times reported this Friday, which claims that selfie seekers are fueling the increase in shark attacks.

The complex process of creating black or white smoke during the conclave in the Vatican
The complex process of creating black or white smoke during the conclave in the Vatican

Vatican, May 7 – If the smoke is black, no new Pope has been elected. If it's white, a decision has been made: Habemus Papam—we have a Pope. It is a great event, broadcast live to millions of people.

Giant lid discovered blocking Yellowstone eruption
Giant lid discovered blocking Yellowstone eruption

A recent study has discovered that a kind of giant lid made of magma could be blocking the eruption of the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park in the US.

Disturbing discovery off the coast of Central America (+ Photos)
Disturbing discovery off the coast of Central America (+ Photos)

Archaeologists have made an unexpected discovery off the coast of Costa Rica: two XVIII-century Danish slave ships. The ships, named Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, sank in 1710, according to the National Museum of Denmark, and the wrecks now lie off Cahuita National Park.

A tiny species of snail is found with its shell upside down
A tiny species of snail is found with its shell upside down

Spain, April 30. - A new species of snail measuring only five millimeters was found in Southeast Asia and due to its peculiar beauty and complexity of the shell, scientists associated it with a work of art, publishes the magazine ZooKeys.

Nepal records 397 snow leopards in its territory for the first time
Nepal records 397 snow leopards in its territory for the first time

Nepal, April 29.- The presence of 397 snow leopard specimens nationwide was recorded for the first time in a report based on data collected in seven study regions, a species considered a key indicator of ecological health in the high mountain ecosystems of Central Asia and the Himalayas.

The oldest ant in the world discovered in Brazil
The oldest ant in the world discovered in Brazil

Brasilia, April 27. - A 113 million-year-old ant that lived in northeastern Brazil is today the oldest example of that type of insect known to science.

Paraguay recovers valuable five-century-old manuscript
Paraguay recovers valuable five-century-old manuscript

Asunción, April 26. - The government of Paraguay announced the recovery of an original manuscript from 1539, stolen more than 100 years ago, after being identified at an auction in the United States.

Olo, the new color that the human eye cannot perceive
Olo, the new color that the human eye cannot perceive

USA, April 24 - There is a new color, outside the known chromatic scale, never seen before by the human eye, which has been born thanks to technology: it is called olo.

Why don't some people get hangovers?
Why don't some people get hangovers?

Some people can drink alcohol and wake up the next day without a headache, nausea, or fatigue, while many others suffer from the classic effects of a hangover, there is a group that seems to be biologically protected against these symptoms.

Curiosity rover discovers key to Mars' past climate in hidden minerals
Curiosity rover discovers key to Mars' past climate in hidden minerals

USA, April 19. - NASA's Curiosity robotic explorer has made a fundamental discovery that could rewrite our understanding of the ancient atmospheric conditions of the red planet. During its excavations in Gale Crater, the rover identified significant deposits of siderite, a carbonate mineral whose formation requires the presence of liquid water and an atmosphere significantly denser than today's.

Surprising discovery reveals possible past with life on Mars
Surprising discovery reveals possible past with life on Mars

NASA's Curiosity rover, which continues to explore the Martian soil, found evidence that could complete the puzzle of the climate history of the planet Mars.