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There are 73 thousand species of trees on Earth, but 12.5% ​​of them have not yet been discovered

There are more tree species on Earth than previously thought: a study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by 100 scientists from around the world says there are 14% more tree...

How nature “delivers” valuable metals from the mantle to the surface

British geologists have found out under what conditions metal ore is formed. The results of the study are published in the journal Nature Communications. Scientists have identified the natural mechanism and conditions by which metals...

Cats also feel sad

In most cases, cat owners have no idea why their cat is sad. This often happens if there is a change in your family - a new member has appeared, or vice versa -...

Nuclear fusion, a map of the brain and the “dragon man”: the main discoveries of 2021

In 2021, the fight against COVID-19 has been an important part of scientific discovery, but it's not the only thing worth paying attention to. There are other achievements as well. NASA and private companies...

Why does a rainbow have an arc shape?

In fact, the arc familiar to the human eye is only a part of a multi-colored circle. The entire natural phenomenon can be contemplated only from the side of an airplane, and even then...

Why have birds in the Amazon been shrinking in recent years?

In a remote corner of Brazil's Amazon rainforest, researchers have spent decades capturing and measuring birds in a pristine forest untouched by roads or deforestation. This example of the dazzling diversity of the Amazon...

Russia has developed a ship for tourist flights into space

End of 2021 Roskosmos patented a ship for space tourism and skydiving. The Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, an enterprise of Roskosmos, has patented a suborbital spacecraft for flights of space tourists and high-altitude parachute...

10 curious facts about dogs you don’t know

Sometimes they understand us better than we understand them. Here are 10 super interesting facts about man's best friend: 1. If you think the dog is reading your mind, you may be right. Of the...

Amazing discovery – bacteria can walk

Many non-drug infections are caused by bacterial biofilms - clusters of bacteria that live in and around us and are extremely resistant to external influences. These biofilms have a great impact on human health,...

A worker-ant can turn into a queen

The jumping ants of the species Harpegnathos saltator are known for the fact that after the death of the queen, a new queen from among the worker ants appears in the colony. The new...

20 liters of water per day from the air

A new mobile water generator extracts 20 liters of water per day from the air For more than 10 years, the water company Watergen has been developing a new technology for obtaining clean drinking water...

After the death of the dinosaurs, the planet was dark for two years

After the impact of the asteroid, which, according to the theory, destroyed the dinosaurs, some parts of the planet plunged into darkness, in some places - up to two years. The years following the asteroid...

A record number of tigers have died in India last year

126 tigers killed in 2021, the Indian Tiger Protection Service (NTCA) said. The service reports that since collecting data from 2012, this is the highest annual number of victims. India is home to about 75...

Only in Russia: New cars are delivered deep-frozen

The machines arrive in this form in Vladivostok with the ship "Sunny Rio" Getting a new car in these times requires a lot of patience, because due to the lack of electronic components, customers are...

Why we are afraid of spiders

Arachnophobia is explained by an evolutionary strategy to avoid contact with pathogens Researchers from Charles University in Prague have identified the hidden cause of arachnophobia - an obsessive and uncontrollable fear of spiders, writes the...

Two mountains – higher than Everest

Two mountains - higher than Everest, if you measure their height differently Mount Everest, as you know from school, is the highest mountain in the Himalayas and in the world. However, due to the change...

Water on Mars

The European Space Agency has discovered a huge deposit of water at the bottom of Valles Marineris, the largest and deepest canyon in the solar system. The formation is ten times longer and five...

Forgotten fossils

The remains of ancient animals were wrapped in 100-year-old newspapers. Two dozen fossils, wrapped in multiple layers of newspaper and tied with twine, were found in wooden boxes on one of the shelves in the...

How to prepare your cat for the coldest winter days

No matter how gloomy the winter is, we will always find something to cheer us up - the beautiful white snow, the upcoming holidays, the cozy evenings at home ... However, the same cannot be...

The city with the most snow in the world

Snow means different things to different people. On the one hand, he has the ability to turn even the ugliest landscape into a brilliant tale of reflected light and silence. On the other hand, it...

Scientists have figured out how the world’s largest mushroom survives

Mycologists have studied how the black honey fungus (Armillaria ostoyae), a well-known parasitic fungus, survives. It is reported by "Hi-tech". It weighs over 35,000 tons A team of researchers from the University of Utah studied...

The world of snowflake studies: facts and records about snow

Winter has come and the New Year is approaching. And what is the New Year without fluffy snow and snowflakes sparkling in the rays of the sun? The world of snow is amazing and...

Even Christmas trees are not immune to the pandemic deficit and inflation

Even Christmas trees are not immune to the pandemic deficit and inflation that plague the economy. Extreme weather and disruption of supply chains have reduced the supply of real and artificial Christmas trees this season....

Armenian know-how: eco-pens can be sown and grown after use

Fountain pens have appeared on the Armenian market that can grow into a particular plant, if they are planted in the ground, like ordinary seedlings - Karine Harutyunyan Sputnik, from Yerevan. These pens, by...

Researchers have read the mind of jellyfish

Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have genetically engineered jellyfish to watch their brains work. They used translucent jellyfish, Clytia hemisphaerica, about 1 cm in diameter. Scientists observed jellyfish as they ate, swam,...
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