Environment
Manufacturing environmentally friendly plastic
Each year, more than 30 billion bottles of water are filled in US landfills, causing a huge environmental problem. However, if the study of Missouri University of Scienc…
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Environment
Heavy rain raging in central America
At least 13 people died and hundreds of families were evacuated due to prolonged flooding in central America. Three consecutive days of heavy rain caused the National Me…
Environment
Typhoon caused damage in the southern United States
Typhoon killed at least 20 people in Alabama, Georgia and Missouri, southern United States. A storm-stricken Enterprise, Alabama, school building hit at least five fish
Environment
America: tornadoes cause heavy damage
On March 1, tornadoes in many states, including the heaviest losses were Alabama and Missouri, with at least 19 people dead and destroying many homes, including a school.
Environment
Ice rains in the United States killed many people
Ice rains currently raging in the United States have killed at least 30 people, mainly in central states. The Missouri state government had to declare a state of emergen…
Photo library
The most frightening rooms in the world
The famous Airbnb room rental site has incredible night-stays, from a room that is said to be a place of insanity to a haunted house.
Photo library
Picture of Forest Park mental hospital
Forest Park Mental Hospital in St. Louis (Missouri, USA) has a very different fear.
Photo library
Photos of Mother Nature
In 2011, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, droughts ... took place all over the world. Below are pictures of the harshest Mother Nature in 2011 voted by Time.
Medicine - Health
Explain why people drink alcohol or smoke
Most people drink alcohol often or smoke. The reason is that nicotine in tobacco works to neutralize the sleepy effects of alcohol in alcohol.
Medicine - Health
Why do women find it harder to lose weight than men?
The team from the University of Missouri (USA) has given obese volunteers, both men and women, the same health training program.
Medicine - Health
The relationship between retinitis pigmentosa in humans and cats
Dr. Kristina Narfstrom of the University of Missouri in the United States has discovered the genetic link between two types of human retinitis and cats.
Medicine - Health
Biological eyes bring light to the blind
Dr. Kristina Narfstrom, an eye specialist at Missouri-Columbia University (USA), placed silicon chips in the eyes of cats that were almost blinded by a form of macular d…
Science invention
Camera detects cancer, termites
Very compactly designed, this camera uses shortwave to take pictures of objects inside the casing in real time without any intervention, at speeds of up to 30 frames per…
Computer science
Software that helps computers watch videos
Researchers at the University of Missouri, USA are developing a software that enables computers to analyze videos like humans.
Computer science
The largest prime number with more than 9 million digits
A group of scientists from the University of Missouri, USA, has used more than 700 computers to find the largest prime number so far, a whopping number of 9,152,052 numb…