Bipalium, also known as hammerhead worm, is a large predatory land planarian. It's the only invertebrate carrying tetrodotoxin, a very dangerous neurotoxin also used by pufferfish.Science and facts💡
Ukrainian drone units from the 414th “Magyar Birds” and 412th “Nemesis” brigades have destroyed a Russian TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower system in occupied Zaporizhzhia region on April 18.
❗️Ukraine is launching the "A1" Defense AI Center to integrate artificial intelligence into its military operations, with support from the United Kingdom. The center will focus on combat data analysis, enemy action prediction, and the development of autonomous systems, including drones and robotic platforms.
The port city of Tuapse, oil facilities are burning for the third consecutive day after Ukrainian long-range drone strikes.
Ukraine's General Staff confirms: Ukraine has struck four major Russian oil facilities overnight April 18, hitting refineries in Novokuybyshevsk and Syzran, the Vysotsk Lukoil terminal, and the Tikhoretsk pumping station, with fires confirmed across all locations.
❗️USF commander Brovdi: Ukrainian forces have carried out a wave of deep strikes overnight April 18, hitting oil infrastructure in Novokuybyshevsk, Syzran, Vysotsk, Tikhoretsk, and Sevastopol, alongside military targets in occupied Crimea, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia.
Ukrainian war correspondent Yuliia Kyriienko showed footage of a large Ukrainian underground military complex with corridors extending up to 400 meters, designed to allow vehicle access including trucks inside fortified shelter systems.
A large fire is raging at the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery. Ukrainian drones have likely hit the ELOU-AVT-6 primary distillation unit.
Ukrainian drones have struck an oil depot at Cape Manganari in occupied Sevastopol, hitting fuel tanks and other infrastructure.
Fire has hit the storage tank area at the Syzran refinery, a key buffer for crude from Western Siberia feeding domestic supply, river routes via the Volga, and pipeline exports toward Novorossiysk.
Ukrainian partisans from ATESH have cut power to a railway supply hub in occupied Luhansk, disrupting logistics supporting Russian military operations in the area.
Fire has broken out at the Tikhoretsk oil pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar region overnight, detected by NASA fire monitoring systems and later confirmed by regional authorities.
The port of Tuapse, still burning for the third consecutive day after Ukrainian long-lange drone strikes.
200 brightly-colored domes overlook the Persian Gulf on the island of Hormuz, Iran. They were built with super-adobe techniques, using stacked sandbags filled with earth dredged from the dock.Did you know? 🎓
Think Uranium is dangerous?Demonstration of the difference in radioactivity between Uranium and Radium.Science and facts💡