A team from Asan Medical Center in South Korea conducted a study to determine the extent of germ spread when flushing a toilet with the lid up, and the results are alarming. © Shutterstock/FOTODOM According to publications V New Atlas, Scientists have created a special automatic flushing device that operates only when the toilet lid … Read more
As American biologists have established, young brain cells die 45 times faster than old ones. © Shutterstock/FOTODOM In a new study, posted V Nature Neuroscience, experts have determined the reason for this. They inflicted lethal damage to the DNA of old cells to understand what effect age has on the mechanisms of their death. As … Read more
Air pollution in urban environments has long been strongly associated with poor health: it provokes cancer, immunodeficiency, osteoporosis, heart problems and dementia. At the same time, understanding the mechanisms of development of diseases due to poor air quality caused difficulties for specialists. © Aliaksei Marozau / Shutterstock/FOTODOM The presence of a link between the occurrence … Read more
Age-related slouching, also known as kyphosis, occurs when muscle fibers age and become wasted. This causes the muscles around the spine to weaken, making us less able to stand upright and resist gravity. © Shutterstock/FOTODOM Kyphosis can be prevented by maintaining an active lifestyle and regular exercise. It is important to strive for this throughout … Read more
More than 17,000 southern elephant seal pups, about 95% of the total number of seals born last year, died on Argentina’s Valdez Peninsula from a highly contagious strain of the virus. H5N1, or bird flu. According to publications V Live Sciencean outbreak of avian influenza has been confirmed by the Argentine Government Animal Health Service … Read more
Apparatus NASA successfully sent a laser beam from lunar orbit to the Indian module Vikram on the Moon. This was a scientific experiment. The laser traveled about hundreds of kilometers to the lunar surface and hit the target, which was only 5 cm in size. Photo of Vikram from lunar orbit © NASA’s Goddard Space … Read more
Aromatic chicken broth is often recommended for colds. However, is it really that useful? © Shutterstock/FOTODOM In the 21st century, it may seem that this is just a placebo that makes the process of fighting infection a little more comfortable. However, this is only partly true. In 1998, doctors proved that chicken broth helps improve … Read more
Fresh publication V JAMA Neurology says, scientists from the University of Maastricht in the Netherlands, with the assistance of British colleagues, analyzed data from more than 350 thousand participants in the UK biobank, during which they identified 15 factors that are directly related to an increased risk of dementia under the age of 65, which … Read more
The opinion that colds are caused by hypothermia is found even today, and its treatment is surrounded by many myths. Therapist A. Lavrishchev spoke about the mistakes people make when treating colds in an interview with “Evening Moscow». © Shutterstock/FOTODOM Common people call a cold a disease of the respiratory tract, caused, as was previously … Read more
Thanks to spaceships and rovers on Mars, scientists now know that the Red Planet also experiences winter, which is accompanied by frost (down to −123 °C at the poles), snow and ice. But, as befits an alien winter, the Martian winter has its own characteristics. Sand dunes covered with frost © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona 1. … Read more