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22 September 2014image source, think stockcaption, Nobody really knows how there are ants."If we were to weigh all the ants in the world, they would weigh as much as all humans," presenter Chris Packham said in a recent BBC documentary. Can it be true?image source, Gettycaption, There are ants up to 60 mg, but the average is much lower.This was maintained for the first time by Professor Edward O. Wilson, from Harvard University (United States), and the German biologist Bert Hoelldobler in their 1994 book "Journey to the ants".The estimate is based on an earlier calculation by British entomologist CB…

22 September 2014image source, POTcaption, Maven is already orbiting Mars.The Maven spacecraft is already in Mars orbit. The last Martian adventure of the space agency of the United States (NASA, in English) arrived with success. The probe crossed space for ten months at full speed until late on Sunday it put on the brakes, that is, it activated its turbines.With 33 minutes of propulsion, the speed was damped to allow it to be captured by the gravity of Mars.Maven arrived to study the atmosphere of the red planet and thus try to understand the process that led to its running…

22 September 2014image source, Gettycaption, John D. Rockefeller built his fortune on oil between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.The Rockefeller family, whose enormous fortune grew out of the oil business, will announce Monday that their multibillion-dollar charity will sell off all its investments in the fossil fuel sector and reinvest the money in clean energy.The Rockefeller Fund is one of several high-profile groups that have joined the Divest-Invest initiative.In total, the entities anticipate spending more than $50 billion on assets linked to fossil fuels.The announcement will take place a day before the start, this Tuesday, of the United…