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Fly sausages and worm burgers: the future diet proposed by scientists: "One of the pending tasks of the food industry is to balance the resources we have on the planet. The endless existing demand has caused consumption to skyrocket exponentially, generating collateral damage that is already taking a toll on the planet and the humans who inhabit it. So scientists are working on alternatives to balance, for example, meat consumption, although the proposals, as you will see below, might not convince everyone." And snails!
How does climate change affect human reproduction?: "It is true that it has been proven that high temperatures can affect human sperm in a certain way, hence men are advised not to overuse saunas, spas or any kind of hot bath. This leads us to think that the heat resulting from climate change could also affect them."
What would happen to us if we stayed awake for 11 days?: "Although it is not the most common, at some point in our lives we have all gone more than 24 hours without sleeping, but what would happen if we didn't sleep for 11 days? Is it possible? What effects would it have on our body? What would our brain be like? A few days ago I published my second ebook in which I talk about sleep and how to improve our rest. To illustrate the extreme consequences that not resting can have, I tell the story of Randy Gardner, the young man who went 264 hours (11 days) without sleep. In this article I describe the progression of negative effects as the hours passed." More information.
What epigenetics is and how it explains that children inherit their parents' traumas: "Although their children and grandchildren were never in any prisoner-of-war camp, and despite not lacking anything during their childhood, they suffered higher mortality rates than the rest of the general population. Apparently, the prisoners transmitted part of their trauma to their descendants. But unlike most hereditary diseases, this was not the result of mutations in the genetic code."
Ironing clothes is not just an aesthetic matter: "History shows that we have been ironing since ancient times: 2,400 years ago the Greeks already ironed using a hot metal cylinder. Two thousand years ago, the Chinese ironed with pans filled with coal embers. A thousand years ago, the Vikings ironed with a hot iron piece shaped like a mushroom. By the 17th century, iron irons heated in embers with a delta shape similar to today's were introduced. A century later, irons with coal embers inside were developed. The electric iron was invented in 1882."
When flying was an adventure: the first long-distance routes of commercial aviation: "The first commercial flight in history took place on January 1, 1914, between Tampa and Saint Petersburg, both cities in the U.S. state of Florida. The 30 kilometers that Tony Jannus's biplane seaplane flew 15 meters above the waves of Tampa Bay in just 23 minutes marked the beginning of commercial aviation, one of the transformative forces that defined the 20th century. The service lasted four months, carried 1,200 passengers at five dollars a ticket (about 73 dollars today) and was a commercial failure."
This could be the birth of a subduction zone: "For years, João Duarte was puzzled by the seemingly boring underwater expansion of the coast of Portugal. In 1969, that place gave rise to a huge earthquake that shook the shore and caused a tsunami. But one would never know just by looking at the broad, monotonous surface of the seafloor. Duarte, a marine geologist at the Dom Luiz Institute of the University of Lisbon, wanted to find out what was happening. Now, 50 years after the phenomenon, he finally has an answer."
Designing a spacesuit to walk on the Moon in 2024: "By now we all know that NASA plans to put a human on the lunar surface in 2024. For now there is no defined plan and a key vehicle still needs to be designed and built: the lunar module. But there is another critical element that no one talks about that must be designed before going to the Moon. We are talking about spacesuits. At first glance we might think that astronauts already use spacesuits on their orbital trips and that, therefore, we would only have to adapt them for the Moon, right? Well, no. It's not that simple. All the crewed ships currently being developed in the United States — namely Orion, Dragon 2 and Starliner — do not have spacesuits to go outside the vehicle."
'Magic: The Gathering' is the most complex game in the world, so much so that even machines don't know how to win: "In the simulations carried out with the Turing machine that plays Magic, they discovered that it is mathematically impossible for the computer to play Magic optimally. That is, there is no algorithm capable of returning the best move from an input."
The "Gay Sailor", the ultimate Swedish weapon to scare away Putin's submarines: "Due to the increasingly frequent incidents of 'ghost submarines,' a Swedish civil group, far from satisfied with the achievements of those who advocated for the country's rearmament as a way to counter Russian submarines, took the initiative, applying great Swedish creativity to the problem. Two years ago, perhaps inspired by ABBA, the Swedish Peace and Arbitration Society, founded in 1883 by a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, gave life to the 'Singing Sailor,' also known as the 'Gay Sailor.'" Reality surpasses fiction.
13 inventions that changed history: "In this test we will take a walk to learn about the most revolutionary inventions in history. And speaking of walking, what better way to start than with the invention that changed transportation forever… Do you know when the wheel was invented?"
Saigō Takamori: the true story of the last samurai: "In 1877 the Satsuma Rebellion or Seinan War against the Japanese imperial throne ended with the victory of the latter and the definitive confirmation that the Meiji Revolution continued with the modernization of the country, putting an end to the traditionalist faction that had resisted it. Its leader died in the last battle, but the courage he showed was such that he earned everyone's admiration. His name was Saigō Takamori and for all that he was considered the last samurai or, at least, the last authentic one."
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