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The Winner Brain
In Lake Tanganyika in the heart of Africa, there lives an unusual species of fish, Haplochromis burtoni of the cichlid family. It is peculiar for having two varieties of...
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Nutrition Trends and the Secret of Healthy Diet
The first industrially prepared baby formula that supposedly contained enough nutrients to replace breast milk successfully was invented in the mid-19th century by German chemist Baron Justus von Liebig....
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Thinking About Alternatives
There is no doubt that humans are significantly different from all other creatures that have ever inhabited the Earth. In a few thousand years of exponential growth, we have...
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How Old is Time? – book trailer
How Old is Time?: Short Stories from Science, History and Philosophy - Amazon.com
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How old is time? 11
Conquering absolute zero 16
In search of the perfect machine 21
Baby pictures of the...
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How to Make a Hit?
As a rule, something becomes popular when people are able to recognize it quickly and without much effort. The effect of familiarity is important because it gives people comfort....
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What is randomness?
You might think it must be easy to define randomness, but nothing could be further from the truth. Not only is it difficult to create random events or sequences...