Category: English
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Why do people understand each other poorly?
How well do you think we understand each other? Especially when we hold different points of view? Unfortunately, the results of a study published in the journal Scientific Reports have shown that the conclusions we make about others are often wrong. Scientists from the Institute of Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, together…
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How many times can you defrost and freeze food from the freezer
The freezer is usually a place where the family's “strategic” food supplies are stored. Housewives put meat, fish, berries, vegetables and much more there. All this is stored indefinitely, and sometimes it is taken out of the freezer, defrosted, and then frozen again. However, not everyone knows that the freezer is not only capable of…
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5 Creepiest Spiders in Australia: The Photos Will Shock You
Fauna of Australiais unique and very diverse because this continent is isolated from the rest of the world. Over millions of years, this relatively small piece of land has developed amazing animals that cannot be found in other parts of the world. For example, only there can you see kangaroos, koalas, wombats and Tasmanian devils.…
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In the future, space beer will be more expensive than earthly beer: it is much tastier
Beer made in space is tastier and more aromatic than beer made on Earth. Scientists have proven this in an experiment in which the hoppy drink matured in zero gravity. They distinguished bad beer from good beer by the absence of a banana flavor – many beer lovers spit if they come across a drink…
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In the future, a day on Earth will last 25 hours and here's why
Our timekeeping system consists of 24 hours in a day, where each hour is divided into 60 minutes and then into 60 seconds. This complex and interesting calculation dates back to ancient civilizations, in particular the Egyptians, who divided daytime into 10 hours and added an hour at the beginning and end of daylight. Nighttime…
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What diseases can be determined by a person's nose
The nose is an important part of the body that we do not notice in the literal sense of the word. Our brain ignores the nose, so it does not interfere with our ability to look ahead. But as soon as we close one eye, the nose immediately becomes visible. But, according to scientists and…
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The largest country in the world that doesn't have a single river
When you first learn how many rivers there are in Russia, you will be very surprised. There are more than 2.8 million rivers on the territory of our country, the total length of which is 12.4 million kilometers. Most of them are short and narrow, but there are also giants like the Lena and Yenisei.…
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The world's first lung cancer vaccine has already been given to humans: how does it work?
Cancer treatment is one of the main tasks of modern science. Many types of oncological diseases are already well treatable. For example, breast cancer is successfully treated due to the fact that it is often found at an early stage, during mammography. Also, a good prognosis is given to patients with cervical cancer, which is…
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The most unusual optical illusion – what is Fata Morgana and why does it occur
Fata Morgana is one of the rarest and most unusual optical phenomena in the atmosphere, witnessed by only a few. In this mirage, large distant objects located far beyond the horizon appear before the observer's eyes in the atmosphere. For example, the effect may look like a ship, city or any other object hovering over…
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The cloth that 'wrapped the body of Jesus Christ' after his death may be real
The Shroud of Turin is one of the most mysterious relics in history, a 4.37 x 1.11 metre (15 x 3.5 ft) linen sheet with a full-length negative image of a man. It is believed to have been the burial shroud of Jesus Christ, and the image was imprinted on the cloth by a burst…