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Despite the fact that technology is designed to make everyday life easier, and the Internet allows you to communicate and work from different parts of the world, most people suffer from severe stress. Alas, it is precisely the ubiquity of technology and the tendency to always be «in touch» created an environment in which people…

More than 300 million years ago, before the advent of dinosaurs, the main inhabitants of the Earth were giant dinosaurs. The dragonflies were the size of pigeons, and the centipedes were as long as a car. They grew to gigantic sizes for a variety of reasons. Firstly, their body sizes were influenced by unique environmental…

In Mongolia, administrative units are called not regions and states as in other countries, but aimags. For example, there is the Khuvsgel aimag, where 114 thousand people live. Recently, a very interesting scientific discovery was made there – two men who were erecting a new fence for a corral with horses accidentally unearthed ancient cauldrons.…

Modern rockets and spacecraft can deliver cargo to Mars in six months. But this is only provided that the distance between the Earth and the Red Planet is minimal and is about 55 million kilometers. But there are hypothetical technologies that can significantly speed up travel between two planets. For example, many science fiction books…

Venezuela and Colombia along the Orinoco River are home to some of the largest and most mysterious rock art in the world. They depict people and animals, but snakes are especially common. For example, one of the drawings shows a giant snake about 40 meters long. Giant Amazon centipedes are also found. In a recent…

Kazakhstan is rich in burial mounds, many of which have survived untouched to this day. Unfortunately, most of them were looted in ancient times, so it is not often possible to find valuable artifacts. However, this time the team of Kazakh archaeologists was lucky – of the three mounds they examined in Turkestan, one turned…

Currently, scientists know more than 14 thousand species of ants, but to this day researchers continue to discover new species. This time, scientists discovered a previously unknown ant during an expedition to study the biodiversity of the Siang Valley, located in northeast India. Entomologists found an unusual insect completely by accident — While exploring the…

Chocolate is considered a very healthy product. It has long been known that it can lift your mood and improve brain function. The healthiest type of chocolate is dark chocolate because it does not contain sugar. But in milk chocolate, the most delicious chocolate, there is more than enough sugar – there is so much…

Senet is considered one of the most ancient board games in the world. According to scientists, it was invented in Ancient Egypt around 3100 BC and was very popular among the Egyptian nobility. Mostly images of this game were discovered in the tomb of Tutankhamun. The rules of the game of senet have not survived…

There are approximately 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth that have erupted at least once in the last 10,000 years. In addition to active volcanoes, there are even more extinct ones that erupted millions of years ago and today do not pose any danger to us. The largest volcano on Earth is the Tamu Massif, which…