Category: Technology

Supporters of constant self-development every daytrying to be the best version of themselves. A huge role in this matter is played by the rejection of bad habits and their replacement with useful ones. With what harms our health and life in general, many are well aware - we are talking about smoking, drinking alcohol, unhealthy eating, and so on. Without a doubt, they all inflictContinue Reading

Scientists regularly find evidencedrug use by ancient people. For example, the Huari people, with the help of a drug and beer, even expanded the boundaries of their empire. That is, the drug, in fact, performed a strategic function. But when was humanity first introduced to these addictive psychoactive substances? It is impossible to answer this question exactly. According to a recent study, the earliest traces of opium useContinue Reading

There are many doomsday scenarios, andone of them is the fall of a huge asteroid to Earth. Scientists already know that the most dangerous of these is the 492-meter Bennu asteroid, which could destroy part of the planet between 2169 and 2199. To prevent this, experts are developing a way to protect the Earth from a collision with asteroids. MostContinue Reading

NASA space agency interestedthe study of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu for two reasons. Firstly, it is a potentially dangerous object for our planet, and secondly, samples of its soil can reveal the secrets of the origin of the solar system. OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is currently studying its surface, which in early June moved to a new phase of its mission called Orbital B.Continue Reading

Obesity is a major problem in modernof people. Globally, in 2016, nearly two billion adults aged 18 and over were overweight—39% of men and 40% of women. Of these, 13% of people were obese. Scientists are constantly trying to find effective treatments for this disease. For this purpose, the connection of fat with the brain is even being studied. HoweverContinue Reading

The Ardines massif, located on the northerncoast of Spain, literally riddled with limestone caves. Literally a few kilometers from it are some of the famous monuments of Paleolithic cave art discovered in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the late 60s, such a neighborhood of the massif prompted a team of speleologists to the idea that he himself could serve as a refuge for ancient people. As it turned out later,Continue Reading

According to Forbes, the richest person in the worldElon Musk is the head of Tesla and SpaceX in 2022. The fortune of one of the most famous businessmen is estimated at 219 billion dollars and, most likely, continues to grow. Right after him on the rich list is Jeff Bezos, who is known as the founder of Amazon and the head of Blue.Continue Reading

The sense organs develop in infants long beforebirth - scientists have long known about this. In 2019, researchers showed that at the beginning of the second trimester of pregnancy, the eyes of unborn boys and girls are so well developed that they can detect light sources. Scientists also know for sure that babies in the womb can express emotions with the help ofContinue Reading

Scientists have long assumed that in space a diamond is notsuch a rare stone as on Earth. Moreover, on some planets of the solar system, it even rains diamonds. We are talking about the so-called ice giants, such as Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Presumably, diamonds form under certain conditions in the atmosphere, and then fall to the surface. However, the evidenceContinue Reading

Traveling to the forests of southern Ecuador in search oftoads, a team of scientists discovered three species of snakes unknown to science at once. And it happened quite by accident. Returning home from the expedition, the researchers stopped in the city of Amalusa. Here, they heard from a local woman that there are snakes in the local cemetery. Alejandro Arteaga, the team leader, suggested from the description that we were talking aboutContinue Reading