Hyperborea

Încă din cele mai vechi timpuri, există însemnări referitoare la un ţinut, chiar continent, care purta numele de Hyperborea. Denumirea continentului a fost oferită de grecii antici şi în viziunea lor acest loc paradiziac se află undeva în nord (Polul Nord), dincolo de cele mai aprige vânturi ale Pământului. Cu toate acestea, în paradisul grecesc Soarele strălucește 24 de ore pe zi şi doar cei iniţiaţi pot ajunge acolo. Bineînțeles că această locaţie nu putea fi atinsă prin mijloace normale de transport cu mai degrabă pe cale spirituală.

ARCA implicată în testele pentru misiunea ExoMars aparţinând Agenţiei Spaţiale Europene

Echipele ARCA şi ExoMars s-au intâlnit pentru a discuta detalii tehnice despre pregătirea misiunii pe care Agenţia Spaţială Europeană (ESA) o va desfăşura pe Planeta Marte. Întâlnirea a durat o zi şi a avut loc la sediul central al ESA din Noordwijk, Olanda. Principalul motiv al întâlnirii a fost prezentarea viziunii ARCA asupra unor aspecte ale programului de testare pentru ExoMars.

The Nephilim

So I'm teaching through the book of Genesis out at the prison. And the other day we got to one of the stranger passages in the bible. To get ready for the class I had to spend some time looking into the Nephilim. You'll recall the text:

        Genesis 6.1-4 (NIV)
    When human beings began to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.”

    The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

Can Van Allen Belts Dictate Manned Spaceflight?

What Are Van Allen Belts?

Actually two distinct belts, the entire Van Allen radiation belt extends to 7 earth radii. The most dangerous belt is the inner belt, which lies 1.1-3.3 earth radii away. With high concentrations of energetic protons, energies would typically exceed 100 megavolts (MeV). An astronaut, much less any living thing, would be lucky to survive more than a few minutes.

Unde a disparut orasul pierdut Atlantida, amintit de Platon?

Spre deosebire de alte legende ale caror origini s-au pierdut in negura timpului, povestea Atlantidei stim exact cand si unde a aparut pentru prima data. Orasul pierdut Atlantida a fost amintit initial in scrierile lui Platon, insa pana acum nimeni nu poate afirma cu certitudine ca l-a gasit.

Ideea insulei pierdute a captivat numerosi visatori, dar si oameni de stiinta pe parcursul mai multor generatii.

Не счесть алмазов

Российские геологи рассказали об исполинском месторождении в Сибири

Группа российских геологов на минувшей неделе произвела сенсацию в российских СМИ, заявив о рассекречивании гигантского алмазного месторождения. По предварительным оценкам, запасы Попигайского кратера, где алмазы впервые были обнаружены еще в 70-х годах, "составляют триллионы каратов", что в тысячи раз больше доказанных запасов Якутии. Впрочем, обольщаться пока рано - возможности разработки месторождения пока не уточнены, равно как и свойства находящихся там алмазов.

Three monuments set to re-open in Egypt's Saqqara Necropolis

Following more than six years of restoration work, the tombs of two noblemen – along with Saqqara's famous Apis cemetery – will soon be open to the general public

Final restoration work is now in full swing at Egypt's famous Saqqara Necropolis, home of King Djoser's iconic Step Pyramid and a collection of Old Kingdom mastabas and tombs.

Soon, tombs of Sixth Dynasty Chief of Justice Mereuka and Fifth Dynasty Vizier Ptahhotep, along with the Apis tombs of the Serapeum, will be open to the public.

New film boosts Kon-Tiki Museum

Not everyone agrees that the new film “Kon-Tiki” should be Norway’s candidate at the Academy Awards in Hollywood, but Oslo’s Kon-Tiki Museum is riding high on its wave of success. The interest it’s set off among the public is resulting in a badly needed burst of visitors at the museum that had been operating at a loss for the second year in a row.

Australian study backs major assumption of cosmology

In mankind's attempts to gain some understanding of this marvelous place in which we live, we have slowly come to accept some principles to help guide our search. One such principle is that the Universe, on a large enough scale, is homogeneous, meaning that one part looks pretty much like another. Recent studies by a group of Australian researchers have established that, on sizes greater than about 250 million light years (Mly), the Universe is indeed statistically homogeneous, thereby reinforcing this cosmological principle.

В освоении Арктики не хватает прорывных идей

"Человеческого и технического потенциала в стране достаточно для выполнения крупномасштабных задач в Арктике. Но по большому счету, не хватает прорывных идей", - заявил на конференции в Архангельске заместитель руководителя Ассоциации исследователей Арктики Владимир Блинов, передает корреспондент ИА REGNUM.

"На начальных этапах освоения Арктики принимались зачастую очень рискованные решения, например, о продлении и открытии круглогодичной навигации. Ставились большие задачи и весь потенциал подтягивался к их решению. Сегодня таких задач в Артике я не вижу, хотя возможности для этого беспрецедентные", - сказал Блинов.