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Saturday, 29 August 2026

Deimos is a smaller and more distant Martian moon. Its diameter is only 12.4 km, although it is difficult to talk about the diameter in the case of su ...

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Anorexia Nervosa

According to the International Classification of Diseases ICD-10, there are several diagnostic criteria for anorexia.

Weight loss, leading to body weight at least 15 percent below normal for a given age and height Avo ...

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Snow

Snowflakes fall relatively slowly, at about four kilometers per hour.

On average, heavy rainfall falls at about 20 kilometers per hour, and hail can reach much higher spe ...

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Moon

The Moon always faces the Earth with the same side.

This is because our natural satellite is in synchronous rotation with the Earth. A long time ago, th ...

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Mushrooms

The fungus Ophiocordyceps unilateralis is able to take control of ants.

Fungi of the genus Cordyceps are parasitic fungi, living on animals - on insect larvae or spiders - ...

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Titan

The average temperature on its surface is -179.2 degrees Celsius.

Due to the dense atmosphere and its distance from the Sun, only 1% of the amount of light that reach ...

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Anorexia Nervosa

One can speak of anorexia when certain symptoms appear in a person’s behavior.

These include: BMI is equal to or less than 17.5 The presence of a strong fear of getting fat or ob ...

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Cosmos

The largest crater in the Solar System is located on the surface of Ganymede, Jupiter’s largest moon.

The crater has a diameter of 15.600 kilometers and was discovered on 7th August 2020. So far it has not been named.

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Brain

The human brain is made of two hemispheres separated by a longitudinal furrow

Each of the hemispheres is divided into five lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, and marginal.

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Earth

The first man to leave his home planet was Yuri Gagarin.

A two-hour flight by a Soviet astronaut outside the Earth's atmosphere took place in 1961.

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lava

Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has risen to the surface as a result of an eruption.

The hot, molten mass of silicates and aluminosilicates, mixed with oxides and sulfides, with large amounts of water and gases, formed lava as it rose to the surface.

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15 facts about Ganymede

The largest moon in the solar system

Ganymede is a huge moon by solar system standards. It is larger than Pluto and Mercury. Apparently, it was observed with the naked eye in ancient time ...

16 facts about Enceladus

An icy world with a liquid ocean beneath the surface

Although the name of the moon comes from the giant Enkelados, who was crushed by Zeus in Sicily, the moon itself is relatively small. Its small size i ...

16 facts about Large Magellanic Cloud

It is the largest satellite galaxy of the Milky Way

It owes its name to Ferdinand Magellan, who admired it in the sky during his expeditions around the world. To the naked eye, it can be seen as a faint ...

20 facts about Moon

The only natural satellite of the Earth

We call it the silver globe. It has stimulated human imagination for centuries and was ubiquitous in folk stories and legends. It was only in the seco ...

25 facts about Earth

Our house

Although 4 billion years ago no sane person would have given the Earth a chance to support life, today it is a concentration of countless forms of liv ...

16 facts about Milky Way

Our galactic home

A galaxy is a gravitationally connected system of stars, dust, gas, and dark matter. It is estimated that there are almost 3.9 trillion of them in the ...

15 facts about nicotine

Neurotoxin

Nicotine is a natural insecticide that some plants use to defend themselves against pests. It is also a substance that people use as a stimulant, and ...

22 facts about fungi

Eukaryotic microorganisms

Mushrooms are found all over the world and grow in a wide range of habitats. They can be found in extreme environments such as deserts or areas with h ...

24 facts about silver

One of the earliest metals used by humanity

Silver is one of the first metals discovered by man, it has been known since antiquity. The Egyptians valued them more than gold. It was used to make ...

25 facts about Cosmos

Space, the final frontier

The cosmos or universe is, by definition, all that has existed, exists, and will exist. It is built by three basic elements: space-time, energy, and t ...

19 facts about graphene

Carbon structure resembling a honeycomb shape

This increasingly popular material, which is a flattened form of carbon arranged in cubic structures, may revolutionize our world and the state of cur ...

13 facts about snow

White fluff of the winter landscape

Snow, the white fluff of the winter landscape, is not only one of the most charming atmospheric phenomena but also a small wonder of nature. Falling f ...

21 facts about Anorexia Nervosa

Serious eating disorder

Anorexia is a mental disorder that affects an increasing number of young people. The problem of this disorder is very complex and is caused by many fa ...

14 facts about lava

Molten rock released from inside the Earth

Lava is molten material from the Earth's interior (magma) that has escaped to the surface.It is not identical to magma, its composition is slightly di ...

22 facts about Mushrooms

Fungi

Fungi are found worldwide and grow in a wide range of habitats. They can be found in extreme environments such as deserts or areas with high concentra ...