While JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit was a figment of imagination, new research suggests that 'hobbits' may have much more in common with humans than first thought. New research even suggests that these are our ancestors.
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Have you ever wondered why cats love to sit on the things you use? Like by your keyboard? Scientists have also tackled the question and come to a conclusion that will please you on the one hand, and anger you on the other.
We all know the joys and pleasures that come with a good cake or dessert. This is not the only thing about the dessert that has a beneficial effect on us. If you've paid little attention to dessert bakers, that's about to change. According to scientists, baking desserts has the same beneficial effect on our mental health as meditation.
The world's largest show and tell event is coming to Ljubljana. The Mini Maker Faire will take place on May 13, 2017 in the premises of the former Tobačna, where it will bring together technology, researchers and culture in one place.
Unbelievable! American scientists have grown a tiny human heart on a spinach leaf, which opens up new dimensions in medicine in the regeneration of human tissues.
Undoubtedly, one of the cruelest tricks that life has in store for us is that the tastiest food is usually the most fattening and the one that can make us sick. But a recent survey revealed some shocking statistics about one of man's favorite vices – cheese.
The tenth jubilee performance of the Hokus Pokus science festival will once again offer creative workshops from scientific institutions, societies and institutes. In addition to the standard program for elementary school students, this time there will also be an accompanying program open to the general public. The visual artist Urša Vidic with the installation Crystal Sea and the association Rampa with the Vzornice project are coming to visit. It will take place from March 15 to 17, 2017. Among other things, you will find out how much you would weigh on the Moon, Mercury and Jupiter.
Women have played one of the key roles in the history of the space program. Nevertheless, their stories are too often silenced. Recently, the movie Hidden Figures said something, and now the Danish toy manufacturer Lego is also paying tribute to female astronauts, engineers and scientists and their contribution.
This time, experts have teamed up to answer the one question every parent has when trying to soothe or entertain their baby: what kind of music to play to make the baby happy? After research, they came up with a song that they think will make every baby smile.
Scientists from the American University of California have made a wonderful discovery that may be of crucial importance for the length of life of our parents. If you want them to live as long as possible, then you need to spend as much time with them as possible!
Time governs every aspect of our lives. It is a constant with which we operate in society, and it determines when we will eat, sleep and when we will work. Time and space are thus the central pillars of the entire universe and serve as the authority for all existing matter within them. Most of us don't even think about time, even though we should. We rarely think about how it is structured and how it came to be. Here are some amazing facts that are little known outside the scientific sphere. Read them if you have time.
Just five, ten, twenty more minutes... Do you know something? It doesn't hurt anyone, does it? Wrong. Very wrong. A nap can create real chaos in our body...