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Why are pears more fragile than apples during storage?
Pears and apples contain airways that help them breathe. These are small structures that are only visible on a microscope that provides oxygen - an essential ingredient…
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15 interesting things about the human body
What do you know about your own body? There are lots of interesting things about yourself that you probably don't know!
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Why do birds sing in the spring?
A group of scientists from England and Japan have discovered why birds start singing when spring comes.
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Hormones in the intestines make food look better
An article in the May issue of Cell Metabolism (a edition of Cell Press) suggests that there is a hormone in the intestine that makes people crave food by making food lo…
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Discover new ways to create water
Scientists at the University of Illinois have discovered a new way of producing water without producing a boom after a chemical reaction. They not only created water fro…
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Why is food sweet
On the tongue we have taste buds, a collection of about 100 cells. The nerve fibers connect each taste bud to the brain, informing us whether the food is bitter or sweet.
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The magic of the heart
No one understands why but the heart has become a global symbol of love. Chinese people associate it with the center of happiness, the Greeks believe that the heart is t…
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Scientists reveal the new
A hundred-year dream of neuroscientists is to imagine a memory that has become a reality. Irvine researchers at the University of California used microscopic techniques…
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Spiders and peppers also have something in common
On the outside, the tropical black spider and chili peppers are nothing like it. But exposure to both species causes a similar sense of pain.
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Bioelectricity - mysterious energy in humans
In Togshiga Prefecture, Japan in 1974, a farmer discovered the body of the child drowned &
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Why do onions watery Status?
When you cut the knife through the onion slices, it will tear across the cells, releasing the contents. These chemicals will react with each other to create an eye-irrit…
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Where is the limit of human endurance?
When diving 18 degrees Celsius, the body loses heat through the skin 25 times faster in the air. The vascular surface shrinks to focus on the internal organs and maintai…
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Human body - a hydraulic plant
To make sure a person died or not, the ancients put a mirror in front of their nose. If you see that the vapor does not settle on the mirror, you know that the person ha…
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Mystery of human formation
Thanks to the combination of the most powerful medical imaging techniques - scanners and magnetic resonance imaging - with modern information technologies, radiologist A…
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'Blood rain' in India - evidence of aliens visiting Earth?
Accordingly, during the period of July 25, 2001 - September 23, 2001, the Indian state of Kerala suffered a strange red rain that had never been seen before.