The latest study carried out by the National Sleep Foundation (USA) reveals that, in general, Americans do not get enough rest: 6.5 hours on average. Among Spaniards, 5.4% of the population suffers from insomnia, 64.7% sleeps on their side. As for the mattress, 57.2% use it for sexual intercourse in addition to sleeping, and 25% for reading.
In the late 1950s, San Francisco cardiologists M. Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman noted a relationship between heart disease risk and behavior pattern ....
Bees see the world five times faster than humans, and can also choose between doing it in full color or in black and white depending on the circumstances, according to a new study from the University of London (UK).
Did you know that if we put all the neurons of an adult brain (100,000 million) in single file they would occupy approximately 1000 kilometers? And that the key to prejudice is also in our gray matter? Or that Henry Markram, director of the Blue Brain Project (BBP), assures that we will be able to build an artificial replica of the human brain within 10 years?
It is called denatonium benzoate, although it is known commercially as Bitrex. It was invented half a century ago and is used as an additive in highly toxic substances to prevent accidental poisoning of humans (especially children) and domestic animals.
A few years ago, Desmond Tobin, professor of cell biology at the University of Bradford (UK), came to the conclusion that there is a kind of "biological clock" in the hair root follicle that can slow down or even stop completely. the activity of melanocytes that make pigment for our hair, which causes it to turn gray or white.
Carnivorous plants, normally insectivorous, are very varied and have different mechanisms to trap their prey. Some have sticky surfaces where the insect can get trapped. And others, such as the Venus flytrap - the best known of all - have clamps that automatically close when prey lands on them.
Marine mussels grip the coastal rocks with such force using their peculiar "barbs" that they are able to resist the onslaught of the tide, the blows of the waves and even the wear of the salt and the particles of sand and rock that it carries. Water. Matthew Harrington and his colleagues at the German Max Planck Institute have analyzed bivalve muscles under a microscope.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
