Study: why people love dogs more than other people

Some dog owners love their four-legged pets so much that they care for them like children - and sometimes, by their own admission, prefer their company to friends and family. New research explains why. A study published in the journal Society and Animals suggests...

In the United States have developed a drug that stops aging

Biologists at the US National Institute of Aging in Bethesda have created a drug that targets aging cells in an animal's body and destroys them, increasing its survival by about 36 percent. According to Snob, according to scientists, adult cells lose their ability to divide after 40-50 ...

Smartphones do not eavesdrop on owners, but they can spy on them.

Scientists from Northeastern University in the United States spent a year testing a conspiracy theory popular on the Internet that smartphones can eavesdrop on their owners and use the data for advertising purposes. For a whole year, ten smartphones were constantly tested in “field” conditions - testers...

As a graduate student from Kazakhstan made a revolution in the world of scientific publications and is now hiding from the US

In 2011, a graduate student from Kakhzakhstan Alexandra Elbakyan launched a website with a seemingly harmless goal: to make the majority of scientific research in the world available to all Internet users. However, now the woman has to hide in Russia, since she is facing imprisonment in an American ...

17 unexpected facts about America on the basis of 2017 year

The Pew Research Center studies a wide range of topics both in the United States and beyond, and summarizes the results at the end of each year. The organization has collected 17 conclusions, which will be remembered for 2017. The gap between cross-party values ​​among Republicans and pro-Republicans, Democrats and ...

Vice Prime Minister of Russia accused of animal abuse

On December 19, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin gave Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic a tour of the Advanced Research Fund. During the tour, Vucic was shown a liquid that he can breathe in. And to prove its functionality, a live dachshund named Nicholas was forcibly placed in a tank with a liquid, writes "Medusa". On…

In the US, lifted the moratorium on the development of deadly viruses

On December 19, the United States officially lifted a 3-year moratorium on the development of deadly viruses. The National Institutes of Health will again receive funds to continue research aimed at creating substances that can quickly infect the human body and lead to death, according to The New York Times. A task…

Researchers have discovered how New York affects the genetic mutation of rats

New York is a city where rats crawl out of the toilet, bite children in their cribs, crawl over sleeping passengers on the subway, grab Taco Bell and run with slices of pizza up the subway stairs. Matthew Combi is a graduate student at Fordham University, and like ...

Snobel Prize-2017: flowing cats, snoring medicine and more

At Harvard University in the United States, the Ignobel Prize (Shnobel Prize) awards were presented for research of dubious scientific value. A team of six researchers won a Peace Prize for their research on how playing the musical sound instrument didgerido can help treat snoring, and how cats can be both hard and ...

Silicon Valley start-ups against death are gaining popularity

Silicon Valley titans have hacked phones, computers and even cars. Now they took on their bodies, trying to achieve prolongation of youth and sharpness of mind. To do this, they use different methods: electricity to “remake” DNA, “smart drugs,” writes the New York Post. One of…

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