Science and space

In pictures: Meteorite hunting in the desert of Morocco

Ali Maghari carries an observation device and a magnifying glass and spends months wandering among the sand dunes in the deserts near the ...

Culture and history

Opening the UFO file again: China and Russia in the dock!

This was what Mr. Kenneth Arnold said after the noise rose around him because he announced a strange event he witnessed in 1947, before movi...

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