Category: Science Infographics
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Asteroid Mining: A Gold Mine In Space
Mining asteroid for rare and precious metals is not a sci-fi dream anymore. Several space mining companies are already preparing for an out-of-this-word gold rush – mining asteroids for important resources needed to construct space colonies, spacecrafts and other things humanity needs to survive. Those massive celestial rocks contain materials like iron, nickel, cobalt, platinum…
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The Sleeping Time of Different Animals
Animal’s sleep habits and resting time differ among species including human beings. Some mammals can sleep for almost a whole day and some for less than an hour that they can’t experience REM(Rapid Eye Movement). Some of them, like cows and horses, can do napping while standing up. Giraffes can stay awake for weeks without…
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The 29 Space Missions Beyond Earth: Where Are They Now?
From NASA’s Messenger probe taking photos of planet Mercury to rovers on Mars to spacecraft passing through the heliosphere towards the interstellar space, humanity has 29 active spacecraft as of August 2015. Nineteen of them were launched by NASA and the rest were launched by India, China and the European Space Agency. Check this infographic…
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Damages Caused by Hurricanes to American Homes
Hurricanes are formed as groups of thunderstorms above warm tropical seas. This tropical cyclone grow into a spiral, with a low pressure ring at the center, known as the eye. A hurricane has a destructive power that can annihilate all houses and structures in the coastal areas with a sustained winds closed to 156 mph,…
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Extinct and Endangered Species of Vertebrate Animals
Sometimes the vanishing of animals into extinction can be traced back to one single cause. In today’s rapidly changing world, extinct species are caused by a number of contributing factors like natural selection, predation by other species, endemic diseases and effects of human activity. The following data visualization reveals the decade-by-decade extinction of vertebrate animals,…
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Anatomy of a Comet
Comets are irregularly shaped celestial body that orbits around the sun in highly elliptical orbits. A comet is made up of a nucleus, gaseous coma and a long tail composed of dust and ionized gases. With the radiation pressure of the solar wind, it cause a tail to form. The tail is brightened by the…
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The Composition of Air We Breathe
It’s free, it’s everywhere and we can’t live without breathing it—but how clean is the air we’re inhaling right now? Based on the report from the American Lung Association, close to 148 million Americans live in cities where airborne toxins from smog caused by industrial emissions have led to harmful levels of pollution. The fumes…
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Megalodon Shark: The Largest Predator That Ever Lived
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Mars Environment: Atmosphere, Temperature and Terrain
200,000. That’s how many people have signed up for the trip to Mars according to Bas Lansdorp, the CEO of Mars One. The private company claims that by year 2025 they will be able to send four colonists for a one-way journey to the red planet. The mission was estimated to cost only around $6…
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50 Interesting Animal Facts that will Blow Your Mind
Welcome to the marvelous, humorous and gorgeous world of the animal kingdom. Our understanding of these creatures has been drastically improved by evolutionary biology. Did you know that a starving mouse will eventually eat its own tail? Or that an octopus has 3 hearts? These and many more fun-tastic and interesting facts about animals and…