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A new species of lizard, with the tail longer than the body, was discovered by biologists and park rangers from the Otishi National Park, located in the Peruvian region of Cuzco, published this Monday by the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (Sernanp). . The new species was named "Proctoporus titans" (Reptilia, Gymnophthalmidae) and its greatest diversity is found in the Andean foothills, and it is also characteristic for presenting a tail longer than the body. The Sernanp explained that its registration was carried out in a radius of 1.5 kilometers in the high Andean zone of…

The brightness of night lights has warned 10% per year in the last decade, according to a study in the magazine 'Science'One in six Europeans are unable to see the bright band of the Milky Way The world is losing its stars. In just 10 years, more than half of the stars visible from the earth's surface have 'disappeared' in the wake of light pollution. To give you an idea of ​​what this means, take a look at this example. A boy born just 20 years ago in an area where 250 stars were visible nowtwo decades later, I would…

When Benjamin Franklin built the first lightning rod In the 1750s after his famous experiment of flying a kite with an attached key during a thunderstorm, the American inventor had no way of knowing that this would still be state-of-the-art centuries later. Scientists are now moving to enhance that 18th century innovation with 21st century technology through a system that employs a high power laser that can revolutionize lightning protection. The researchers announced this Monday that they managed to use a laser aimed at the sky from the top of Mount Santis, in north-eastern Switzerland, to deflect rays. With further…