Category: English
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In the US, people have begun to become infected with bird flu from animals – how dangerous is it?
Bird influenza, also known as classical fowl plague, avian typhus, or fowl cholera, is an acute infectious viral disease that affects birds. This is a dangerous disease that primarily damages the digestive and respiratory organs. Its mortality rate is more than 55%. For a long time, the disease did not threaten people in any way,…
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Scientists have discovered why Beethoven lost his hearing
Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the greatest composers of the 18th-19th centuries. However, he is famous not only for his works such as “Moonlight Sonata”, “Für Elise” or “Symphony No. 5”, but also for the fact that by the age of 48 he became completely deaf and continued to compose music while deaf. Moreover,…
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Flies can penetrate coffins up to 2 meters deep to lay eggs.
Necrophages are all kinds of organisms that share a food source — obtain nutrients from decaying biomass, such as the carcasses of dead animals or even human remains. Usually they find food for themselves on the surface of the earth, but there are also those who are ready to dig the earth to great depths.…
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What happens to airplanes during earthquakes?
The most powerful earthquake in the world occurred in May 1960 in Chile. At first, local residents felt relatively weak tremors, which did not lead to serious destruction. But then, at 15:11 local time, scientists recorded an earthquake with a power of 9.5 on the Richter scale. Not only did it destroy many buildings and…
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Is it possible to go to bed with a wet head?
The head is the most important part of the human body because the brain is located inside it. To protect it from heat, cold and shock, nature gave us hair. When it’s hot outside, hair plays the role of a “built-in hat,” and during frosts it helps to retain heat, at least a little. Also,…
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How the best hangover cure works
Experts from all over the world have been warning about the dangers of alcohol to health for hundreds of years. It has been scientifically proven that alcoholic drinks destroy the liver, impair the functioning of the cardiovascular system and shorten life expectancy. Despite all these warnings, many people drink alcohol at least on holidays. After…
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Astronomers have discovered a new planet that looks like cotton candy
Planets that are outside our solar system are called exoplanets. Thanks to the existence of such powerful space telescopes as Hubble and James Webb, astronomers have already discovered about five thousand exoplanets, and this number is constantly increasing. For example, scientists recently learned that at a distance of 1232 light years from us there is…
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Do we control our own health?
Information about a healthy lifestyle is everywhere today – physical activity, proper nutrition, 8 hours of sleep – all these factors are necessary for a long and fulfilling life. It may seem that following these unspoken rules allows you to take control of your health, but this is not entirely true – there are many…
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What was the very first ancestor of all life on Earth?
Back in 1859, in the fundamental scientific work “The Origin of Species”, the English naturalist Charles Darwin wrote something interesting. In his opinion, billions of years ago an organism lived on Earth, which is the common ancestor of all life on our planet. Thanks to him, humans and even tiny microbes are very distant, but…
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Scientists have named a place on Earth where time flows slower
It has long been known that time is a relative concept for us – its perception depends on a person’s age and surrounding circumstances. For example, if we wait for transport for 15 minutes, then the time lasts a very long time, but if we are keen on watching a TV series or, for example,…