Archeology
The inscriptions of the Incas are hidden in knots
More than 500 years before the advent of computers, the Incas living in the Andes (Peru) invented a 7-bit binary code to store information, and represent them with knott…
Language
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Archeology
Ancient languages reveal Celtic origins
Although the Roman conquest caused Gaulish language to disappear 2,000 years ago, some of the remaining Gaulish / Latin bilingual editions still allow scholars to trace…
Archeology
Revealing the mysterious civilization in Indonesia
Scientists believe that traces of Tambora civilization lost to Indonesia have been found. This entire ancient society was wiped out in 1815 by the largest volcanic erupt…
Space science
How will we communicate with aliens?
Mars is the closest of the targets chosen by astronomers to listen to the signal, but they still can't hear anything from this red planet.
History
Do you know why US dollars are Vietnamese dong and money?
Like culture and language, every country has its own currency. Have you ever wondered why those currencies are so named?
History
December 18, 1987 - Larry Wall released the first version of the Perl programming language
Perl (short for Practical Extraction and Report Language) was built by Larry Wall in 1987, with the main purpose of creating a programming language capable of distilling…
Biology
Unbelievable findings: Bee species have a local language
It sounds unbelievable but it seems that bees have a local language according to the area in which they live.
Biology
The strange relationship between the Amazon and Australian aboriginal genes
A new Harvard University study published in the journal Nature has found strange genetic relationships between a number of Aboriginal communities living in the Amazon ju…
Biology
The tree of the Buddha's Nest still lives after 2,500 years
The Buddha of the Tathagata, or the Tathagata, attained a great deal in the Sanskrit language, the founder of Buddhism. He was the son of a royal family of the Shakyamun…
Biology
Listen to mice 'sing' like birds
A group of scientists from Osaka University (Japan) have created genetically modified mice that can 'sing' birds. This success can ...
Biology
Decode the fragile genome
The identification of more than 800 genes involved in the practice of singing of manholes can shed light on human language disorders.
Biology
The bee's dance breaks the cultural barrier
An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that Asian and European honey bees can learn to understand each other's dance language despite e…
Animal world
Do you know where the butterfly's ear is?
Have you ever confided in a butterfly? Maybe they will not understand anything because of the language barrier. But according to a recent study, at least they can hear y…
Animal world
New research: Why can dogs understand human language?
More than a dozen dogs are trained to stay still in a magnetic resonance scanner that helps scientists track how their brains work when toys are hung high above.