The US Food and Drug Administration has tested the ink used for tattoos. The reason for the check was the growing popularity of tattoos in the United States, as well as the active sale and availability of tattoo ink on the Internet, Bloomberg reports. The tattoo industry in the USA is growing approximately ...
American microbiologists suggested that the Zika virus can spread through tears, while it was previously believed that it is transmitted only through blood-sucking insects. Such disappointing data indicate that the Zika epidemic may spread beyond the habitat of those carrying the pathogen ...
Scientists at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii are going to name a newly discovered new species of fish found in the Pacific Ocean after US President Barack Obama. National Geographic reports. A new species was found on the Kure Atoll (one of the coral ...
There is nothing more enjoyable for grandmothers than spending time with their grandchildren. Scientists have found that it is also useful for them. A study by the North American Menopause Society shows that grandmothers who nursed their grandchildren at least 1 day a week ...
Many years ago, people believed that left-handed people were more likely to make deals with the devil, and that their “flaw” definitely needed to be corrected. Prejudices are a thing of the past, but many still wonder why some people are right-handed and some are...
Australian scientists have created a human mutant who could survive a traffic accident. The shocking results of their work are published on the website of the Australian Traffic Accidents Commission. Thus, scientists decided to show how imperfect human bodies are in the event of an accident. The mutant was named Graham. From the first…
One of the main stages of the Google Science Fair competition for young scientists ended this week, in which the company selected the 100 best ideas from around the world. The finalists included participants from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, who will fight for ...
Researchers at the University of Miami, Florida have created a mathematical model to study the patterns of behavior of radical groups, including terrorists, on social networks. According to researchers who published an article in the journal Science, this model can be used to predict terrorist attacks by tracking user activity. The authors of the work created their own ...
Physiologists at Columbia University have found that during exercise, human bones produce the hormone osteocalcin, which increases muscle performance. Osteocalcin production in the body declines with age, starting at age 30 for women and at age 50 for men. The article was published ...
American linguists Mira Bergelson, Andrey Kibrik and Wayne Lehman discovered and described a relict dialect of Russian in the village of Ninilchik (Ninilchaik) in Alaska. Lehman himself hails from this village, located on the eastern shore of Cook Bay, and does not know Russian, but he paid attention ...