Top 5 events likely to occur within the next 100 years

Reporters of BBC television and radio ranked events and discoveries that are most likely to occur by the end of the XXI century according to the Internet audience. Representatives of BBC asked its readers to predict how different human life will be in the coming years. Despite the fact that the purpose of the survey was to obtain forecasts for 2012, the audience of BBC went further and m...

8 Simple Brain Warm-Up Exercises

The fact that sometimes the brain gets tired is undeniable. Sometimes it cannot even “wake up” and “switch on” the mode of idea generation or information processing. In such cases you can use a set of very simple and effective exercises to warm up your brain. It is better to perform the first five exercises having your eyes closed. Set yourself to work: make ten calm inhalations and exh...

15 weird “did you know” facts

Today I decided to gather some strange facts around the world. Here are top 15 most surprising facts that can be found on the Internet: The fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was actually based on cocaine. The 7 Dwarfs are 7side effects of the drug. Listening to music at high volume influences the sense of sight, so usually we lower the music when looking for something. Research...

New Theory Claims Humans Were Designed by Aliens

As the Discovery.com states, scientists from Kazakhstan claim that human DNA is encoded with an alien signal from an ancient alien civilization. Calling it “biological SETI”, the researchers argue that the mathematical code in human DNA can not be explained by evolution. “Once established, the code can remain unchanged in cosmological timescales. Actually, it is the mos...

How High-Tech Revolution Can Be Detrimental to Humankind

According to a team of philosophers, mathematicians and scientists from Oxford University, who are exploring the future of humanity, there is growing evidence that our reliance on technology can cause elimination of human race. The media is actively discussing a range of possible disasters that can destroy humanity, but the most “obvious” threats, which include asteroids, ear...

Ten secrets to success of Albert Einstein

An outstanding scientist and insightful philosopher Albert Einstein has made his brilliant discoveries not only with the help of existing knowledge, but also thanks to his inner voice and a power of his imagination. Einstein never believed in impossibility of anything and followed his own secrets of success. Here are some of them.   1. A person who has never made a mistake has never...

Humanity Is Gradually Becoming Less Intelligent, Claim Scientists

Scientists sound the alarm: at the end of XIX century, people were much smarter and more creative than they are now. The fault is on the natural selection, since the more intelligent the person is, the fewer children he has, and vice versa. Every new century humans become less clever and creative. This assumption was made by British scientists who studied the rate of the perception of pe...

Could visions of angels described in Bible be lucid dreams?

A research group in Californiatried to explain the visions of the prophets about the appearances of angels described in the biblical writings. A team from the Research Centre for Extracorporeal Experiences argues that these metaphysical visions indeed have taken place, but as a result of lucid dreaming. Conscious or lucid dreams occur when a person realizes that he is sleeping and interf...

Parallel worlds exist: scientific evidence

The human mind has been long concerned about the existence of other parallel worlds. While many people still consider it nothing more than a weird scientific fantasy, a certain number of scientists nowadays not only are ready to take this hypothesis seriously but also find evidence in favour of it. Researchers from the University College London have found signs of the gravitation impact ...

Brain Scan Reveals the True Love

Just fell in love and want to know if your love will last forever? Brain scanner will give the answer. This is stated by researchers who believe they have discovered the “footprint” of the true love in our brains. Studying the brains of in-love volunteers, scientists found different patterns of activity which seemed to “lead” to a different outcome of the love sto...

Scientists create 3D map of the brain

Scientists at Harvard University managed to explore the interior of the brain using new, hi-tech imaging methods. With the help of MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging), which provides three-dimensional color images, experts now can have the first real image of one hundred billion brain cells, as well as of their modus operandi, which can result in treatment of many brain disorders. “Ov...

4 options for the future development of humanity

What do we expect from the future? Will human’s appearance change and reach the peak of its perfection? Maybe humans will turn into some kind of bio-robots and will be controlled by means of digital commands? There are too many questions. Consider a few things about how humanity can become in the future. Option 1. Human evolution is over Ian Tattersall of the Museum of History and Anthro...

10 unsolved mysteries of the human body and mind

Modern science is still puzzled by some of the features of human physiology and psychology. British scientists ranked the most inexplicable ones: 1. Ability to blush with shame Scientists have no clear explanation as to why people start blushing when they get into an awkward position or are caught in a lie. It looks as if they were sending a signal saying to others: “I am a liar and chea...

Why do people talk in sleep?

Almost all of us have heard, at some point in our lives, a phrase: “You were talking in your sleep at night”. This phrase can cause different emotions, from surprise to embarrassment and concern, but it always raises a question: “And what did I say?” Usually the answer is: “Nothing interesting”. Studies have shown that most “sleep talk” is not notable thoughts, bu...

18 strategies for managing stress

Stress is a natural reaction to external threat. Our body gets the message about the importance of the right time reaction to an external threat. But in today’s society, many situations that cause stress have no need for such a reaction. Nevertheless, such situations cause physical changes in the body, and, as a result, we become stressed, which robs us of energy and efficiency. Ph...
     

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Top Ten Recent Space Discoveries

2 weeks ago
by Anna in ,

space discoveriesModern technology has advanced so far that people are constantly getting more knowledge about the outer space.
Here are some of the latest discoveries in space which deemed to be the most outstanding.

10. The discovery of new Pluto’s satellites

The first satellite of the distant planet was captured in 1978 and was named Charon. Later, in 2005, scientists have spotted two more natural satellites near Pluto: Nikta and Hydra. The most recently discovered satellite was spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2011. It is named P4. (more…)

5 Impressive Facts about the Universe

5 months ago
by Anna in ,

impressive universeThe universe does not stop amazing us. And not just us! Astronomers often get surprised with things they discover about the origins and the structure of the universe. Read these 5 impressive things about the universe:

1. The Universe is really old

The age of the universe is 13.7 billion years, which is counted from the so-called Big Bang. The truth is that the universe is as old as time, since before the Big Bang there was no time, right?

2. The universe is growing with ever increasing speed

In 1920 the astronomer Edwin Hubble (in honor of whom the famous telescope was named) proved that the universe (more…)

Will the CERN experiment lead to the end of the world?

6 months ago
by Anna in ,

collider end of the worldThis year, CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research) starts another series of experiments in the hope that it will get much closer to the finishing point of the Standard Model of particle physics. (more…)

Soul and afterlife do exist, say scientists

7 months ago
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afterlifeThe age-old question of humanity: is there life after death seems to be answered. And the answer is yes. Scientists seem to have found the proof to the theory that every human has a soul, which remains alive even after the heart stops.

One of the authors of the study anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff disclosed details of the discovery in a TV show in one of the science channels. (more…)

9 questions science has no answer for

10 months ago
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scientific unanswered questionsScience is expected to give answers to the important and the unimportant happening around us, and the truth is that most times it does not disappoint us. But there still remain mysteries that even the greatest scientists do not have an explanation for. Here are some of them:

1. What is consciousness?

Most of us have a sense of what is consciousness, but scientists have not yet defined it or even understood it fully. There are many theories about consciousness, and some of them even refer to quantum mechanics, but none can give a clear explanation. Scientists hope that in future, (more…)

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