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27 million tons of spiders consume between 440-880 million tonnes of insects each year

18th May 2018 Editorial Team insects, spiders

Each year, about 27 million tons of spiders consume between 440-880 million tonnes of insects. This dwarfs the 440 million tonnes of meat and fish all the humans in the world eat each year.

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Robot reporter’s first article published

18th May 201818th May 2018 Editorial Team robots

A robot journalist made its debut in Chinese daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, with a 300-characters-long article written in a second! Xiao Nan Robot article summarized what train tickets are most in demand over the Lunar New Year holiday.

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Diamond-shaped chunk of ice in the Caspian Sea

18th May 2018 Editorial Team Caspian Sea, ice shelf, NASA

NASA spotted this diamond-shaped chunk of ice standing out against the blue of the 600-mile Caspian Sea that stretches from Kazakhstan to Iran.

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Biodegradable bullets that sprout plants

18th May 2018 Editorial Team biodegradable, bullets, environment, US Army

To reduce the hazardous impact spent bullets have on the environment, the U.S. Army is planning to use biodegradable bullets loaded with special seeds that will grow into environmentally beneficial plants.

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Deep-sea jellyfish looks like a flying saucer

19th April 2018 Editorial Team American Samoa, jellyfish, rhopalonematid trachymedusa

Marine biologists working on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Okeanos Explorer spotted this beautiful deep-sea jellyfish at Utu Seamount in the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa.