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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,...

Europeans have undergone genetic evolution over the past millennia

Scientists have found evidence of evolutionary changes in Europeans over the past two to three thousand years. They found three traits in Europeans that are subject to constant pressure from natural selection. The characterization of...

Hundreds have been stung by frightened scorpions after torrential rains in Egypt

Heavy rains and floods in a southern Egyptian province have claimed the lives of three people and more than 500 are in hospital after scorpion stings, state media reported, the Associated Press reported. Torrents, hail...

The United States unexpectedly began to buy another type of fuel from Russia

With one hand, the United States is imposing sanctions against Russia and praying for "green" energy, while with the other it is buying more and more Russian traditional hydrocarbons. Until recently, the United States...

A wind blows ash over Alaska from a volcano that erupted more than a hundred years ago

The Novarupta eruption is the strongest in the last century and among the largest in history A wind is blowing ash from a volcanic eruption over Alaska in 1912, the Associated Press reported. The unusual warning...

Iran is on the verge of literally banning domestic dogs and cats

Dogs are known to be man's best friend, but in Iran they are about to become "public enemy №1". Iran is likely to introduce a law criminalizing the keeping of pets and walking dogs....

Winter in Israel will never be the same, but no one is ready for it

Outside on November 11, the sun is shining brightly outside the window, the air temperature allows you to sunbathe on the beach, and the water temperature allows you to swim in the sea. Facebook...

Scientists have learned how living organisms acquire symmetry

A team of American researchers using the example of starfish studied how living organisms become symmetrical. All multicellular organisms originate from a single oocyte - the female reproductive cell, the precursor of the egg, which...

Scientists have found romantic octopuses

Marine biologists were surprised by the behavior of the Pacific striped octopus. The researchers found that before they attack the prey, they pat it on the shoulder and only then inflict the fatal blow....

In vitro resurrection: extinct animals that humans are trying to revive

On October 17, the first ever Earthshot Prize ceremony took place in London's Alexandra Palace, which has already been nicknamed the "Environmental Nobel Prize". One of the nominations is awarded to those who work...

Jeff Bezos has promised $ 2 billion to fight climate change

We have a duty to preserve what we have, to restore what we have lost and to look at what we need in harmony with nature, he said in a statement. The Earth Fund, set...

100 countries will sign an agreement today to stop deforestation by 2030.

More than 100 leaders, representing areas with 85% of the world's forests, will commit to halting deforestation by 2030 on a "significant" path to tackling climate change. Countries, including Brazil, Russia, Canada, Colombia, Indonesia...

Astronomers told where and how gold and platinum are formed in the universe

New research suggests binary neutron stars are a likely source of gold, platinum and other heavy elements. The results of the work are published by the Astrophysical Journal Letters. Most of the elements lighter than...

A scandal involving a killed moose has shaken Putin’s new main political rival

A rising star in the Russian Communist Party, believed to be the next opposition leader against Putin, has been caught poaching a moose in an accident. It is said that it has all the...

Air pollution kills faster than COVID-19. Why is what we breathe so dangerous?

7 million people die from air pollution every year. To understand how huge this figure is, approximately 5 million people have died in the two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hi-Tech explains why air...
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