Amazing Mysteries that Science Just Can’t Explain

Published on November 17, 2017
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Why is life so diverse near the equator?

The further you move away from cold climates and toward the equator, the more diverse life will become. Alexander von Humboldt, a Prussian explorer, first noted how biodiversity was massively more diverse and extraordinary near the equator as opposed to anywhere else on the planet. There are more types of people, flowers, creatures, and even diseases in this area. Some will point to the warmth as a result but scientists still aren’t sure what is causing this to happen.

Why is life so diverse near the equator

Why is life so diverse near the equator

Where are all of the aliens at?

And no, we aren’t talking about the kind that Donald Trump seems so obsessed with. If you play the statistical game of averages we’d expect to have run into some lifelike creatures from out of this world. If you follow the concept of nearly limitless planets and galaxies then it stands to reason that there would be another planet full of life out there. Perhaps they just don’t want to talk to us. We can’t blame them: again, Donald Trump.

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Where are all of the aliens at

Where are all of the aliens at