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Color chart decoding emotions
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Color chart decoding emotions

'This diagram depicts the most accurate so far about subjective emotions related to body sensation,' Nummenmaa said.

December 18, 2018
Unique portraits on the map
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Unique portraits on the map

A painter has created a series of portraits from different maps. Ed Fairbun uses everything from Cambridge's roads to the hills of Wales to portray a lot of human faces.

December 18, 2018
The community is poorly oriented
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The community is poorly oriented

Men normally read maps better than gay men, and women who like sex with the opposite sex are the worst in looking at the map.

December 18, 2018
Mysterious giant star on the surface of the Earth
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Mysterious giant star on the surface of the Earth

On the windy prairies of Kazakhstan there is a giant 5-pointed star, carved on the surface of the earth. But why did this star appear on a corner of a lonely land near t…

December 18, 2018
'Ghost city'
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'Ghost city'

British scientists were confused after learning that a city in the misty place appeared on Google Maps and online data services, but never existed.

December 18, 2018
Mysterious ancient maps
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Mysterious ancient maps

In the early eighteenth century, a series of ancient maps of the Turkish Navy Commander - Ruis kept at the Tokabi Palace was discovered. Among them, the topographic map…

December 18, 2018
Octopus is like an 'alien creature'
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Octopus is like an 'alien creature'

American scientists have revealed octopus as an alien creature because of a completely different set of genes than other animals.

December 17, 2018