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According to one of the most popular conspiracy theories, NASA astronauts have never been to the Moon, and all footage of the landing was allegedly filmed on Earth. However, the astronauts not only repeatedly landed on the surface of the Earth's natural satellite, but also left a lot of traces on it, literally and figuratively.…

At the Olympic Games, athletes from all over the world compete in weightlifting, shooting, tennis, swimming and many other sports. The list of Olympic sports is constantly changing – some disciplines disappear, while others appear. For example, during the ancient Olympic Games, athletes held chariot races, but no one did swimming. Today, there are no…

Right now, thousands of people around the world need a donor heart. The need for a transplant of this organ arises in cases of severe heart failure, heart attack, heart defect and many other life-threatening conditions. The queue for a donor heart is always long, people have to wait for several years, and in most…

The way models walk on the catwalk is very different from the way we walk in everyday life. However, everyone moves differently and your individual gait can tell you a lot about your body and overall physique. Although it is different for everyone, some illnesses can greatly affect your gait, such as injuries or genetics,…

Electricity is a dangerous thing that can cause shock, burns and damage to internal organs when passing through the body. Not only high voltage is dangerous, but also low voltage, because it can pass through vital organs like the heart. No one in their right mind would stick their fingers into a socket, much less…

Naked mole rats are the strangest centenarians on Earth. These wrinkled mammals live in the desert of East Africa and, like insects, create underground colonies, each of which contains at least a hundred individuals. It is interesting that at the head of each colony is a queen – the largest female protected by the others…

Evolution has given some parasites incredible abilities that allow them to survive and reproduce by “subduing” their host. These include not only the Cordyceps fungus, which turns ants into zombies. Another striking example is the Wolbachia bacteria. They do not “zombify” insects, but they do create parasitic populations consisting exclusively of females. In a recent…

One of the most common tasks that neural networks have to solve is recognizing visual images. Currently, machines are tasked with recognizing characters on paper, signatures on documents, images in photographs or video from surveillance cameras in real time. High efficiency in performing these tasks allows people to significantly simplify their work, as well as…

We have already become accustomed to the elegant urban appearance of trees – a dark trunk on top and white underneath. But why do they whitewash the lower part of trees? Firstly, it is beautiful – after whitewashing, trees in the urban landscape really look elegant and harmonize with the white borders. However, this is…

Nature constantly surprises us. Did you know that in the depths of the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo live unusual animals that look like both giraffes and zebras? They are known as okapi (Okapia johnstoni) and, despite their resemblance to horses, belong to the giraffe family. Due to their secretive lifestyle, they were…