The human race risks to provoke an unprecedented extinction on Terra, by excessively hunting the big marine animals, favoring the proliferation of the small ones and affecting the oceanic ecosystems, warn the scientists. In their study published in the 'Science' magazine, they analysed the 5 big extinctions that our planet confronted with. This 'sixth extinction', already … [Read more...]
Guggenheim Museum’s visitors can make their physical necessities in an artwork, a 18 karat gold toilet
The visitors passing the threshold of a toilet from the Guggenheim Museum of New York can pee in a toilet from solid gold. The toilet is the artwork of the Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan and is called 'America'. The museum replaced one of the usual porcelain toilets with an equivalent one, at real scale, from 18 karat gold, perfectly functional. The extravagant creation it … [Read more...]
Amazing discovery on the Black Sea’s bottom: an underwater river, with waterfalls, trees and leaves
The scientists discovered a massive underwater river on the Black Sea's bottom. This fascinating river with trees and leaves that fall on the sea's bottom has also waterfalls. Placed on the land, this river would be in the top 6 regarding the volume of water that flows through it. It is about 350 times bigger than Thames and 10 times bigger than the Rhine. The discovery will … [Read more...]
David Bowie and Radiohead are the big favorites of the Mercury Prize
David Bowie, whose disappearance bereaved the music world at the beginning of this year is, together with artists like Anohni and Radiohead, are among the favorites of the Mercury Prize, the prestigious distinction offered for the best British album, according to AFP. The jury that awards the Mercury Prize mentioned in August, in a communicate that announced the 12 albums from … [Read more...]
The legendary ship HMS Terror’s wreck was found in the arctic zone after 150 years
The wreck of the HMS Terror ship, the latter ship of the British explorer Sir John Franklin expedition, which started in 1845 to find a new maritime ways to connect the Atlantic Ocean of the Pacific Ocean, was found in the arctic zone. The Parks Canada teams, a non-governmental organisation of marine archaeology made this discovery. The archaeologists discovered the remaining … [Read more...]
Over one billion stars were localized in the Milky Way
We use to say that is impossible to count the stars on the sky. Still, a map of the Milky Way that has an unprecedented precision and that localized 1.142 million of stars starting from the observations of the European Telescope Gaia, was presented by the ESA (The European Space Agency). Anthony Brown, member of the Gaia researching team, stated in a press conference in Madrid … [Read more...]
Leonardo DiCaprio launched an online project of monitoring the industrial trawlers to prevent the excessive fishing
A new free online program proposed by the NGOs from Oceania and SkyTruth, in collaboration with the Internet giant Google, will offer anyone the possibility of monitoring the industrial trawlers from the world, almost in real time. This program was officially launched by the environmental activist Leonardo DiCaprio, at Washington, at the 'Our Ocean Conference 2016'. According … [Read more...]
Celine Dion and Bradley Cooper – touching moment at the Stand up to Cancer charity show
Celine Dion, deeply touched at a charity show dedicated to the fight again cancer, was comforted by the American actor Bradley Cooper. At the charity shows 'Stand Up to Cancer' the Canadian singer sang the Recovery song , composed by Pink. This song evokes the fact of getting over the moment of a beloved one's missing. The artist, whose husband Renee Angelil died of cancer, in … [Read more...]