Cano Cristales: The River of Five Colors

The Cano Cristales is a river of Colombia located in the Sierra de la Macarena. For most of the year, Cano Cristales is indistinguishable from any other river: a bed of rocks covered in dull green mosses are visible below a cool, clear current. However, for a brief period of time every year the [...]

A Brief History of Chocolate

Chocolate beans and podWhen most of us hear the word chocolate, we picture a bar, a box of bonbons, or a bunny. The verb that comes to mind is probably "eat," not "drink," and the most apt adjective would seem to be "sweet." But for about 90 percent of chocolate's long history, it was strictly a beverage, [...]

2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet sheds new light on conquest of Britain after experts piece 1,000 fragments back together

Historians have pieced together a 2,000-year-old Roman cavalry helmet 10 years after its discovery in an Iron Age shrine and say it sheds new light on the conquering of Britain.  The helmet and its cheek pieces have been painstakingly restored from 1,000 small fragments over three years by experts [...]

World’s Longest Motorcycle

The longest motorcycle in the world can be found in Russia. It was built back in December of 2005, by Oleg Rogov, and acknowledged as the world’s longest bike by the Guinness Book of Records. This super-bike can fit 16 people, but the question that has been [...]

5 Amazing Videos About the Earth

If today we don’t think  or do something to save our environment then sooner or later, our beautiful planet will turn to a dessert and inapt for life, so let us unite together and save heritage which was the greatest achievement of our ancestors. The heritage, which we received [...]

The Lost Cities of the Cloud People

Photo:Photo: Cecilia Bermudez The figures balance aloft on the ledge of a cliff, their gaze fixed where the first rays of the rising sun will appear, waiting for a new day to dawn. Known by the name Warriors of the Clouds, the Chachapoyas were an ancient Andean people who inhabited the mist-swathed [...]

160 Billion Alien Planets May Exist in Our Milky Way Galaxy

This artists’s concept gives an impression of how common planets are around the stars in the Milky Way. A six-year search that surveyed millions of stars using the microlensing technique concluded that planets around stars are the rule rather than the exception. CREDIT: ESO/M. Kornmesser   View [...]