What is known about the Devil’s Comet Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is hurtling towards the Sun and Earth at over 64,000 km/h. It was nicknamed the Devil’s Comet after astronomers saw it erupt for the first time in 69 years in July this year. As a result, the comet’s coma, a cloud of gas and dust surrounding … Read more
Special – Marwa Al-Batta Scientists have discovered a stunning “aurora-like” display of intermittent radio waves above the surface of the sun, which is strikingly similar to the northern lights on Earth. Solar lights were displayed roughly 25,000 miles (40,000 kilometers) above the sunspot, a dark, magnetically distorted patch on the surface of our star. Astronomers … Read more
Astronomers believe that the Sun will turn into a planetary nebula. Scientists have predicted what the end will look like Sunand with it, probably, our entire planetary system. About it writes Science Alert. An international group of scientists has concluded that transformation into a planetary nebula is the most likely scenario for the end of … Read more
The Lázaro Cárdenas Association and the Hispano-Cuban Peace and Friendship Association are organizing today, Monday, at seven in the afternoon at Les Cigarreres (c/ Eladio Carreño, 3) the talk “Cuba, the creative resistance of Cuban science against the blockade of USA”. The talk will be given by Claudia Bernal, a scientist at the Center for … Read more
We are at the beginning of the vaccination campaign and many people will wonder about the need for a new dose. What do you suggest? Please read my book as soon as possible. Decisions of this importance cannot be made without understanding what we are putting into our bodies. It seems that no one has … Read more
“Oh, what about fluttering ears,” said one of the navigators, referring to the octopus’s fins, which visually resemble two ears. It is because of these ear-like fins that finned octopuses (Cirrina) are called “dambo” octopuses, in reference to the children’s favorite elephant that could fly with the help of its ears. “Dambo” octopuses are rarely … Read more
Al-Marsad newspaper: Researchers revealed that what is believed to be the first case of its kind was recorded, in a 61-year-old man, who was seriously ill as a result of “silver leaf” disease, which raised the bewilderment of scientists. Traces of the disease appeared in his throat, providing a rare example of apparent disease-causing agents, … Read more
Tel Aviv: Researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Israel have created a 14-day-old human embryo model (synthetic embryo) without the help of a sperm, egg or uterus. The embryo model is created from stem cells in the laboratory. It has all the characteristics of a 14-day-old human embryo, including the placenta, yolk sac, and external … Read more
A revolutionary method of dealing with alcoholism was created by scientists from the US state of Ohio. Researchers at the local university medical center have developed the appropriate vaccine, writes Nature Medicine. The drug was tested on monkeys. They were first hooked on alcohol, but then cured of cravings for alcohol. The animals were injected … Read more
Permafrost is a piece of land that has been frozen for at least two consecutive years. The world’s oldest permafrost is located in Siberia, where the land has been frozen in places for more than 650 thousand years. Examining samples of this ancient soil in 2017, researchers found two frozen nematodes, members of the roundworm-type … Read more