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Meghalai century - the official name of the 21 century

The International Commission on Stratigraphy made a unanimous decision and approved the name of the time period in which we live. The period that began 4200 years ago, and continues to this day, was called the Meghalaya Age. The definition is available on the official website of the organization. The dating of the planet's history is established according to the geochronological scale. The scale is based on stratigraphy. Who is not clear - on the alternation of layers of rocks. Let the terms cause bewilderment among the uninitiated (and this is 99,9% of the total population of the planet Earth), but among scientists everything is logical and natural. The Meghalaya Age If we delve into history, humanity lives in the Holocene epoch. More precisely, in the Cenozoic era of the Quaternary period. To... Read More

How did mummies in ancient Egypt: an investigation

In Egypt, scientists have discovered the secret of making mummies. At least, the researchers, during the next excavation of a 30-meter mine, managed to find a workshop. Wooden and stone sarcophagi were found in the workshop. It is up to the experts to figure out how mummies were made in ancient Egypt. It is possible that some artifacts will appear at auctions in the near future. According to scientists, the mummy-making workshop is two and a half thousand years old. The workshop is located in a necropolis near ancient Memphis, in the settlement of Saqqara. In addition to the shop, the researchers found a mass grave. It is assumed that the find is a mass grave where the Persians buried their soldiers. Indeed, in 664-404 BC, it was the Persians who ruled Egypt. How were mummies made... Read More

Solar eclipse: Friday the 13th - date alarming?

Friday 13th July 2018 will be marked by another event. Partial solar eclipse. Date and event for many people seems to be something supernatural. At least on social media, July 13 is hotly debated. There is no talk of the end of the world, and no one is waiting for the herald of the apocalypse. What pleases. However, astrologers, trying to help the inhabitants of the planet, recommend, on this day, to refrain from long trips and spend time for the benefit of themselves and their families. Solar Eclipse: Friday the 13th As for the eclipse itself, not everyone will see the event. It will be possible to observe the overlapping of the Sun by the Moon on the southern coast of Australia, from the island of Tasmania and from part of Antarctica. The best point for... Read More

How to tie a tie without harm to health - AMP

For more than a century, etiquette has required business men to wear a tie. However, only at the beginning of the 21st century, scientists discovered that paraphernalia is harmful to humans. Wearing a tie is dangerous to health - German researchers believe and make arguments. Therefore, it is not surprising that in the media men are more likely to ask the question: "How to tie a tie without harm to health." Wearing a tie affects the blood supply to the brain. It is not difficult to guess that the tie around the neck compresses the jugular veins and the carotid artery. Here, even without scientists, people noticed that the removal of business paraphernalia led to calm and relief of the body. And experiments conducted by German scientists simply proved that a tie is harmful. How to tie a tie without... Read More

Loneliness leads to death - scientists

American scientists never cease to amaze the public with their own research. Representatives of the University of Minnesota believe that loneliness leads to death. According to scientists, social isolation provokes "wear and tear" of the brain. The risk of death increases by 70%. Another conclusion without experimental people? Loneliness leads to death The Americans were attacked by European researchers who own the evidence base that most centenarians on the planet are lonely. In Western Europe, lonely elderly people show off their physical form and mind. Demonstrating superiority to others. Since the end of the 20th century, it has been established that the absence of stress and life for one's own pleasure delays the time of death. Psychology is indispensable in the matter. Perhaps loneliness leads to death, in the presence of mental wounds. ... Read More

Supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world

The United States of America, for the first time in 12 years, managed to break into first place in the ranking of supercomputers. And this is against the backdrop of a reduction in the number of the most powerful computers located in the United States, against the background of the TOP-500 world ranking. A supercomputer is a symbiosis of thousands of powerful computers with dozens of cores in each device. The US championship in the ranking was announced on June 25, 2018, in Frankfurt (Germany). The American platform Summit (Top), with a performance of 200 petaflops per second, took first place. The supercomputer contains 4400 nodes, each of which is based on six NVIDIA Tesla V100 graphics chips and two 22-core Power9 processors. The supercomputer is the most powerful computer in the world Also, in ... Read More

Alzheimer's Disease Revealed: Causes

Alzheimer's disease is not fully understood by scientists, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for the scientific world. Studies have confirmed that doctors have a chance to prevent or predict a disease common among the older generation. An increased concentration of herpes viruses HHV-6A and HHV-7, according to scientists, is the root cause of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Published in the journal Neuron, the results of the study were immediately criticized by other pundits. In the media, the innovators were accused of unreliable results. In a group of 1000 people diagnosed with Alzheimer's, only 30% of patients had an elevated concentration of the herpes viruses HHV-6A and HHV-7. Alzheimer's disease The association with viral ethology is not sufficient in the 30% sample. For ... Read More

Harmful addictive food

Junk food affects the reward center of the human brain. So scientists explained the attraction of people to the wrong food. At Yale University, they conducted a study and found that once they tasted junk food, the neurons of the human brain are excited again, at the mere sight of the picture. During the experiment, the participants were shown semi-finished products and all kinds of snacks with a high content of sugar, carbohydrates and fats. Each picture created a new burst of neurons in the subjects' brains. It is noteworthy that healthy food that supports the growth of the body does not cause special emotions in the participants of the experiment. Unhealthy food that causes addiction Love for unhealthy food is imposed on the consumer by advertising. Scientists have found that junk food on TV is associated with positive... Read More

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: Fauna Restoration

In the company of Przewalski's horses, which are recorded daily by camera traps in the exclusion zone, biologists noticed a domestic horse with a foal. Such a marriage is not recognized by people, but nature has its own laws. In addition, the appearance of a domestic horse on the territory contaminated with radiation indicates the restoration of the ecosystem of Chernobyl and adjacent territories. Chernobyl. Exclusion zone: fauna restoration At the beginning of 2018, scientists managed to record 48 Przewalski's horses. It is possible that the number of wild animals is 2-3 times larger. According to the head of the Chernobyl Reserve, Denis Vishnevsky, the horses look healthy, with no signs of radioactive disease. Given the fact that Przewalski's horses have disappeared from their natural habitat, there are no mysteries in the appearance of animals ... Read More

Moon Colonization - Amazon's First Steps

The satellite of the Earth - the Moon, again became interested in the world powers. The development of the satellite was first announced to Roskosmos. Next, claims to the moon were expressed in NASA. And now, the head of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, has expressed a desire to colonize the earth's satellite. The entrepreneur plans to create a settlement of people on the surface of the moon. Amazon's cunning plan is that the colonization of the moon is planned without government support. The businessman immediately excluded NASA support from the project and announced a commercial approach to solving the problem. Bezos plans to become the owner of the moon. It is noteworthy that the businessman is already moving towards the intended goal. Bezos annually spends one billion US dollars on the project to develop the Earth's satellite. Colonization... Read More

Why birds don't have teeth - scientists' version

Scientists at a German university have uncovered the secret of why birds don't have teeth. According to the strong minds of mankind, the problem lies in evolution. All the flying dinosaurs that settled in the mountains lost their teeth. They tried to get food on the fly or catch insects between the stones. Scientists claim that the evolutionary rejection of teeth gave birds an advantage. Namely, by reducing the incubation period when hatching offspring. According to experts, nature takes longer to build teeth. And time for birds is a critical resource. After all, dozens of animals, birds and reptiles dream of eating unhatched offspring. Why Birds Have No Teeth The statement of German scientists has been criticized. Experts assure that to draw conclusions, ... Read More

Artificial Intelligence Comes On: Robots

After a video about a fast-running anthropomorphic Atlas robot appeared on social networks, the public was divided into two camps. Half of the world's population tried to imagine metal performers doing hard physical labor and protecting their owners. On the other hand, people were scared. Artificial intelligence is coming - robots can completely replace a person, leaving millions of families without work. Fuel to the fire was added by the press, which remembered the programmed technique from the movie "I am a Robot", which will help control the owners. Artificial Intelligence is Coming: Robots Robotics is a rapidly evolving technology that is on par with microelectronics for the entertainment business. The independence of technique and doing tricks delights the viewer, who gets acquainted with the novelties through ... Read More

Social Media Addiction

An hour on social networks undermines self-confidence - this is how the British psychologist began his report, speaking at one of the conferences held annually in England. Dependence on social networks, along with beauty standards, suppress the female and male population of the planet. New Beauty Standards Reduce Women's Confidence The self has ceased to be primary in men who prefer social networks to classic live communication with the opposite sex. Men are afraid to meet girls on the streets and start chatting. Instead, hours are spent looking for a soul mate on social networks, putting down likes, winks and short phrases of admiration. English scientists believe that after a couple of years, the difficulty in dating ... Read More

Alcohol raises cancer risk - US scientists

Once again, the scientific world of the United States took up the study of alcohol. Rather, for the consequences, after drinking alcohol-containing drinks. Americans claim that alcohol increases the risk of cancer. Moreover, the disease does not occur at the gene level. And not because of inhibitions in the work of the liver. Scientists claim that changes begin in the microflora of the oral cavity. The throat, esophagus and stomach are at risk for alcohol lovers. It is noteworthy that the elderly people from 55 to 90 years old participated in the experiments. The subjects were divided into groups. 25% of participants took alcohol for the first time. 60% of people drank moderately, and 15% were inveterate alcoholics. Alcohol increases the risk of cancer After drinking alcohol, scientists took a smear from ... Read More

How to improve brain function by restoring the liver

The century-old question of scientists “how to improve the functioning of the brain” received an unexpected answer. By running hundreds of experiments on patients, US researchers have established a connection between the brain and the liver. Still, liver-destroying alcohol has a negative effect on the mind. The feces of a healthy person will eliminate disturbances in the work of the brain in a patient And this is not a joke. Liver cirrhosis and hepatic encephalopathy appear when the intestinal microflora deteriorates. Therefore, scientists simply updated the body from the inside. After all, the truth is that nutrients are absorbed by the intestines, not the stomach. How to improve brain function Americans claim that 50% of patients participating in the experiment show an improvement in brain function. The fate of the second half of the studied patients is unknown. Hence the questions... Read More