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New antibiotic discovered in tropical forest
An international team of scientists has discovered a soil-borne antibiotic produced by the Mexican rainforest that can help produce phytonutrients, as well as help synth…
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Archeology
Million dollar gold store in wreck 200 years
A team of scuba divers salvaged gold coins and other ancient objects during the research of the SS North Carolina wreck.
Health
Foods that increase platelets for people with dengue fever
Dengue is a viral flu spread through the bite of Aedes mosquitoes. Dengue fever is widely known as
New technology
The device helps Facebook read users' brains
Facebook has just announced the acquisition of CTRL-Labs, a startup that develops communication devices between the brain and a computer. This could be an important step…
Health
Detect ominous effects of air pollution on the brain
New research from the UK suggests that breathing in polluted air with high levels of PM10 fine dust can cause students to suddenly get bad grades.
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Find the differences in the brains of the most dangerous people on the planet
Among the prisoners about 20% are psychopaths. By the age of 40 these guys committed an average of four barbaric crimes. In the 3 years after being released from prison,…
1001 mystery
The 'superstructure' of the mysterious Tripolye culture was unearthed in Ukraine
Magnetic anomalies in the soil at a site called Maidanetske caught the researchers' attention and eventually decided to excavate.
Environment
NASA shares a rare photograph of a rainbow-like halo surrounding the Moon
We may have heard a lot about rainbows but the phenomenon of rainbows appearing around the Moon in Turin, Italy in 2014 was unprecedented.
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How the Chinese moved the 30,000-ton bus stop to make way for the new train line
Earlier this month, engineers in the Xiamen city of Fujian, China, successfully moved the entire bus terminal weighing more than 30,000 tons to make way for a new high-s…
Space science
Venus can stay?
Venus could be a temperate planet that stored liquid water for 2-3 billion years, until there was a dramatic transformation that began more than 700 million years ago.
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15 incredible facts about the brain
Have you ever heard that the total length of the human brain's axons is enough to wrap around four Earths, or if the brain is a hard drive, it has the capacity of four t…
Archeology
The strange skull of ancient apes reveals the secret of how the primates' brains grow
The remains of a prehistoric primate living in the Andes 20 million years ago and small enough to fit in your hand are helping scientists learn more about how the human…
Space science
NASA astronaut training in a pool of water preparing to go to the Moon
In preparation for its return to the Moon in 2024, NASA has designed many special exercises for astronauts, including exercises in the water tank.
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Ig Nobel 2019 awarded for research teaching surgeons like teaching animals
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Can we stop thinking?
We always feel our minds constantly think about one thing after another, without stopping.