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Biology
Chestnuts - Food of paradise
Chestnuts have been present in China and Japan since ancient times, long before the Roman army brought them to Europe. Many types of chestnuts have grown wild in Asian h…
Animal world
Collective stomach of ant colonies
How do ant colonies deal with the nutrients in their food?
Medicine - Health
These foods help you sleep deeper
No one denies that lack of sleep at night causes many harmful consequences to human health. One of the easiest ways to counteract this problem is to adopt a diet that in…
Medicine - Health
These foods are better than medicine
Not only is a source of essential nutrition for humans, some foods are also precious natural medicinal ingredients, helping us to fight certain diseases such as modern m…
Medicine - Health
Mice also rejected fast food because of poor nutrition
Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper decided to do experiments with products bought by Mc Donald's fast-food store in Moscow to see if the sausages were damaged ...
New technology
This breakthrough technology will tell you exactly what nutrition in the food you eat
You will know exactly the amount of sugar in the fruit, the amount of protein in the beef and even the amount of pesticide residue in green vegetables.