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Why people yawn?

There appears not to be due to fatigue or boredom. According to latest research, yawning act is the main role brain cooling and low temperature. Researchers from Yale University and Maryland have discovered that yawning opening act to the left and right sinuses nose situation lowers the brain temperature. However, excessive yawning can be a symptom [...]

May 2, 2012 1
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Why going to the gym can help the brain?

In order to protect the brain from the effects of aging, you may need to increase our muscle mass. A new study has revealed that exercise to strengthen muscles can help slow mental decline, improving also cognitive performance. The study was conducted by researchers from Canada and the U.S. on a sample of 86 women [...]

May 1, 2012 0
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Experiment “Jurassic Park in the laboratory”

Scientists at Georgia Tech University, tries to recreate the course of evolution in laboratory inspired by the movie “Jurassic Park”, they want to see if, indeed, “life will find a way” to repeat the sequence mutation and selection that led to the emergence of life today. The experiment is done on the bacteria of the [...]

May 1, 2012 0
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Astronomers have discovered another planet that can host life

The new planet is located in the so-called “favorable areas of life”, which is not affected by the strong rays of the sun, nor is it located so far from that day planet to freeze. Discovery brings new arguments to the debate on the existence of life in the universe. The planet, called Gliese 667 [...]

April 30, 2012 0
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The Japanese claim to have seen the most distant group of galaxies

Japanese scientists announced the discovery of a group of galaxies 12.72 billion light years from Earth. The team says that the discovery revealed the most distant group of galaxies ever observed. To make comments, they used the Subaru telescope, equipped with a special room and located in Hawaii. A cluster (cluster) of galaxies is a [...]

April 28, 2012 0
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Ultimate challenge: a Frenchman without arms and legs will swim around the world! (VIDEO)

A French athlete armless and legless intends to undertake an adventure unprecedented will swim this summer from 5 continents to create a “symbolic link” between them. Philippe Croizon, an athlete from Châtellerault, France, announced his ambitious plans with his partner in this venture, Arnaud Chassery, in a press conference held yesterday in Paris. The couple told [...]

April 28, 2012 0
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Why left-handers are in the minority?

Although left-handed people are only 10% of human population, scientists say the phenomenon is normal, which suggests that people cooperate rather than compete. Researchers at Northwestern University, USA, analyzed the real data to determine whether the assumption that cooperation leads to installation of similarities in the dominant hand, or not correct. “The animals are sociable and [...]

April 28, 2012 0
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It was discovered the secret of a clear old age

Brain scanning techniques have revealed details about the underlying emotional traits of a good old age, scientists say. No matter how painful are regrets, scientists say they can help us take better decisions in the future. However, recent studies revealed that with age, you should give up regrets for having a quiet aging. To determine [...]

April 26, 2012 0
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“Collective brain” helped people to realize all the great inventions

75,000 years ago, people have developed a kind of “super-collective intelligence”, which has made significant contributions to technological progress of humanity, says a researcher. Transition to a collective mind allowed the emergence of a potentially infinite number of concepts, thoughts, concepts, giving people the ability to reflect, for the first time, the new and inventions. [...]

April 24, 2012 1
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How to do pushups for muscle mass and strength

Flotation is a controversial exercise. Some people are impressed by the execution of a number of pushups, considering it a show of force. Others who want muscle mass and strength are considered useless. In the bodybuilding community and those familiar with muscle growth, seemed completely unnecessary. But none of these perspectives is neither correct nor [...]

April 23, 2012 0
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