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Project MKUltra: Secret CIA program, experiment with mind control
At the height of the Cold War in the 1950s, the CIA performed mind control experiments on the human body.
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The sacred valley buried the mystery of the 'headless person': 100 years of recording 44 cold cases
Canada's Northwest Territories are truly one of the wildest places on Earth. There is a place here called Nahanni valley. This is where a number of myths and mysteries a…
Life
How does the brain react when you eat cold food?
Suddenly eating cold food can make your brain temporarily 'freeze', causing headaches, aches and pains. This can happen when you drink ice cold water
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The Forbidden City has a place that is cold all year round
This place is a rare place in the Forbidden City where outsiders are forbidden to enter, and experienced people are afraid of howling.
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Russia: 'Zombie fire' burns in a cold place of -50 degrees Celsius
The photographer captured smoke rising from an underground fire fueled by peat and methane, while ice covered the ground.
Animal world
Meteors made dinosaurs extinct, why are crocodiles still alive?
The reason comes from the amazing ability of crocodiles to adapt and fast.
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New type of insoluble ice can keep cold for 13 hours, reuse many times
Scientists have created a new type of ice with a composition of more than 90% water, which is antibacterial and reusable many times.
Animal world
Strange life in the 'polar bear capital'
The small, cold town of Churchill, with difficult access in Canada, is known as the 'polar bear capital', an attractive place that attracts many adventurous tourists.
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Americans rush to hunt prehistoric monsters
In the cold winter, many families from Wisconsin (USA) have a tradition of gathering on a lake in the hope of catching one of the giant fish beneath the ice.
Space science
'Tracking' solid carbon dioxide on the Moon
A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters (PDF) by the Institute of Planetary Sciences and UCLA has confirmed that the Moon's cold trap of carbon…
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Why is the La Nina phenomenon so destructive to the planet?
The transition from El Nino to La Nina creates a form of terrible destruction to people, the environment and ecosystems on Earth.
Oceanography
What Animals Live in the Deep Sea?
Deep-sea animals live under darkness, cold temperatures, high pressure and limited food, so many have evolved traits rarely seen in shallow water. The community includes…
Biology
'Cold on the back' of the female mantis chewing on her partner's head while mating
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Water generator from the air for upland people
Witnessing the lack of domestic water when going on a field trip in the highlands, two 4th-year students of Hanoi University of Technology came up with the idea of c…
Scientific works
Permafrost seed bank
Russia is testing a seed storage facility that relies entirely on natural cold conditions to save electricity in Yakutia.