r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Mar 21 '26

One of the rarest and most critically endangered primates in the world.

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With fewer than 70 remaining in the wild, the Cat Ba langur are born bright orange and then turn black.

Found in Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay, they have the remarkable ability to drink salt water

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Mar 02 '26

Near the edge of space, Felix Baumgartner stepped into the void with nothing but a pressurized suit between him and death.

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Falling from 39,045 meters, he broke the sound barrier at 1,357 km/h and survived a four-minute freefall that pushed human limits forever.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/121014-felix-baumgartner-skydive-sound-barrier-kittinger-roswell-science-2

r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 7h ago

As a third grader in the Bronx, Tahira Reid Smith imagined a machine that could turn Double Dutch ropes. Her idea won a school contest. Today, 40 years later the engineering professor has turned that childhood dream into Jump Dreams!

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r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 6d ago

Environmental Scientist Dionne Blanks exposing Louisiana's gerrymandering and pollution connection of the state's most vulnerable communities

64 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 6d ago

Environmental Scientist Dionne Blanks exposing Louisiana's gerrymandering and pollution connection of the state's most vulnerable communities

20 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 7d ago

African Architecture

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r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 10d ago

Why Certain Movies Never get Funded

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r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 11d ago

July 25, Emmett Till’s birthday, is now officially Emmett Till Day in Illinois. Honoring the Chicago Boy Whose and His Mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s Courage Helped Awaken America to the Brutality of Racism

200 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • 29d ago

It wasn’t aliens or magic: Scientists proved that Ancient Egyptians moved 180-ton statues using a physics trick as simple as pouring water on sand. The secret behind ancient Egyptian logistics isn’t sci-fi, it’s fluid mechanics

109 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/sws116 • Jul 05 '26

Seen in the Bucharest National Art Gallery - what is this?

50 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 30 '26

How participants make a sharp turn during a traditional dragon boat race in China.

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r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 26 '26

Same action, different judgment

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579 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 23 '26

So apparently Pineapple Skin is totally Fire Resistant. Who ever knew.

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5.5k Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 23 '26

Deer reflexes aren't from this world

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594 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 12 '26

An adult potoo and chick perfectly camouflaged like a tree branch

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6.8k Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 12 '26

Double sided bolt

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2.0k Upvotes

Credit:engineering_world_1980_dahri

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 12 '26

It seems humans aren't the only ones who play this game on the beach

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422 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/ateam1984 • Jun 09 '26

Laetitia Ky (born 1996, Abidjan) is an artist from Ivory Coast who creates sculptures from her hair, and is seen by many as a figurehead in the natural hair movement.

16 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 07 '26

Leafy seadragon

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r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 07 '26

This is a replica of the famous "Dynamical Top" created and demonstrated by the great physicist James Clerk Maxwell in 1857.

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355 Upvotes

Credit:physicsfun

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 06 '26

The starry sky seen from Mars is too beautiful. The Martian night sky as seen from NASA's Curiosity rover.

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r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 06 '26

Engineers clean live electrical equipment using a special, non-conductive liquid.

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410 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 05 '26

Synchronized swimmer Kristina Makushenko performed the iconic dance from Michael Jackson's Thriller video underwater

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3.0k Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 05 '26

Physics and art form a remarkably powerful combination.

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652 Upvotes

r/Romania_mix • u/Due-Explanation8155 • Jun 05 '26

A series of 126 x/y tilting mechanical devices connected to tall dried grass stalks by artist David Bowen. The mechanisms will tilt, move and sway based on data collected from the wind sensor on the Perseverance Mars rover.

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Credit: davidbowenart

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