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During sleep, bad memories become less clear, claim U.S. researchers. A group of researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago developed a technique that makes it possible to change human memories during sleep. The study was published in the journal Nature Neuroscience. Previously, many experiments on animals and observations of…
There are a lot of things we have learned about the universe over the last millennium. But some things are still unknown to us, and these unsolved mysteries of the universe seem intriguing to us. Let's take a quick look at some of the puzzling mysteries we have no knowledge…
Nowadays, not only we openly write about sex, it is shown all over the place and even brought to our attention in the media. An intimate relationship is no longer a manifestation of romantic feelings or anything sacred. Perhaps that is why the concepts of sex and love have grown…
Scientists at the University of Sheffield claim to have made a fascinating discovery, which could provide evidence of extraterrestrial life. Could this be possible? Let's try to find out. The findings These are images of a particle that was found in the stratosphere, recorded with an electron microscope. The body was…
Beethoven once said, “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.” As it turns out, music enhances learning, too. According to a College Entrance Exam Board Service study, students involved in musical extracurricular activities scored 51 points higher on the verbal portion of the SAT exams and 39…
The “great minds of the world" estimated the most likely causes that might lead to the end of humanity and the world. According to their calculations, killer robots and cyber-attacks that could cause chaos in communications are the greatest enemies of mankind. The distinguished scientists of the University of Cambridge,…
Deja vu is one of the little-known and mysterious phenomena of our psyche. It has happened to many people to feel like a new situation in their life has already been experienced before in all the details. But how and when? This phenomenon is called déjà vu, which means ‘already…
Beetles that find their way by the stars, mice that live longer after heart surgery when they listen to opera, and walking on water on other planets are among the funniest and the most absurd scientific discoveries that were awarded Ig Nobel Prizes this year, which are a kind of Nobel…