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The human brain is a complex and interconnected system, the largest and the most functionally important part of the central nervous system. However, when it comes to the left vs. right hemisphere of the brain, things become less clear due to a great number of misconceptions. The brain's functions include…
"Don't think, feel!" – Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon In our mile-a-minute lives, we seldom take breaks to sit and just be. Even in moments when we try to relax, our thoughts are still fixated on unfinished tasks, and on the next moment. For many, the tension of everyday life…
The Big Bang theory still remains the prevailing cosmological model explaining the beginning of the Universe. But it can’t answer many questions concerning its early development. Perhaps, any other theory can? Let’s try to find it out. Theories That Explain the Beginning of the Universe The Big Bang Theory First…
The human mind has pondered about the question of whether parallel worlds exist for a long time. What does science have to say? While many people consider it nothing more than a weird science fiction/fantasy idea, a number of scientists nowadays are not only ready to take this hypothesis seriously…
The progress of human civilization has set environmental problems on Earth. Yet, the fate of human civilization is not a question of tens or hundreds of years but of thousands and millions of years. Some scholars believe that migration to another galaxy would be the only possible scenario in the…
Our universe is flat. Such a conclusion is made by an international team of researchers led by Alain Benoit, who made an amazing experiment in the Swedish city of Kiruna. Scientists reported their findings at a conference of the Committee on Space Research. On a moonless night, the Archeops telescope…
Telekinesis is the ability to move inanimate objects at will. Some examples include: changing the direction of a compass needle, moving objects in the air, bending metal items, or extinguishing the flame of a candle at a distance. Among the psychic phenomena such as clairvoyance, telepathy, and others, the phenomenon…
Researchers from the University of Technology in Sydney, led by Dr. Trisha Stratford have found out that some couples are so harmonious that their brain starts working “on the same wavelength”. The researchers claim that this is the first scientific confirmation of the existence of the so-called sixth sense or…