Man Who Was Dead for Five Hours Revived in Yakutia
A frozen Yakutia resident survived clinical death His heart had not beaten for over five hours, blood pressure was at zero, and the ECG showed a flat line — yet...
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Mosquitoes Bite Some People More Than Others: Here’s Why
An Aedes mosquito preparing to bite a human. This species can carry numerous diseases. Image source: refractor.io Different mosquito species choose their victims differently — and a person adored by...
Read more → A Single DNA Letter Turned a Female Mouse Into a Male: How It Works
Changes in a specific DNA region of female mice altered their development so that they formed male sex organs. Inserting just one nucleotide into a regulatory region of DNA led...
Read more → Cat Island in Japan: Aoshima, Where Cats Outnumber Humans
A ginger cat watches Mr. Hidenori Kamimoto return from fishing. Image source: theguardian.com On the Japanese island of Aoshima, about 80 cats and only a few elderly people live today....
Read more → Vitamin D Poisonings Have Risen by 1600%. How to Avoid Becoming a Victim?
Fatty fish, eggs, and dairy products are natural sources of vitamin D Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin” and is considered almost a universal health booster. Interest in this...
Read more → The Moon Looks Different in Moscow and Australia, and That’s Not All
Full Moon from the Northern Hemisphere (left) and from the Southern If you think the Moon looks the same everywhere on Earth, it doesn’t. Depending on where you’re standing —...
Read more → People Have Used This Flower for Centuries — Scientists Finally Figured Out How It Works
This small flower could save humanity, and that’s no exaggeration A small yellow wildflower that has been used in folk medicine in Ireland and Europe for centuries has turned out...
Read more → A 12,600-Year-Old Hide Found in a Cave — the Oldest Clothing in History
Organic artifacts are extremely rarely preserved in the archaeological record — making each such find all the more valuable A fragment of processed deer hide, sewn together from several pieces...
Read more → We Tie Our Shoelaces Automatically — Here’s How Muscle Memory Works
Tying shoelaces is a classic example of a skill remembered not by muscles, but by the brain You get on a bicycle after a ten-year break, and suddenly you just...
Read more → Cosmonautics Day April 12: How to Get to Space
April 12 Cosmonautics Day. Image source: shedevrum.ai April 12, 2026 marks exactly 65 years since Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to orbit the Earth aboard the Vostok-1...
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