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Wednesday, 29 July 2026
13 facts about Deimos
13 facts about Deimos
A smaller moon of Mars
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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Fungi
Mycelium can communicate with trees and plants.
This communication involves a multidirectional flow of information (in the form of chemical compound ...
Tears
An excessive amount of tears often called pathological crying or laughing, may be an indication of a brain disease or Alzheimer’s disease.
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 ...
Earth
There are over 7.8 billion people in the world.
It took humanity over 2 million years to reach a population of one billion. In 2011, there were 7 bi ...
NASA
Any astronaut interested in working for NASA has to complete 1 000 hours of flying time.
Silver
Silver is a chemical element with the symbol Ag, belonging to the group of transition metals (gold, platinum) in the periodic table.
The Latin name for silver is argentum.
Anorexia Nervosa
One of the psychological characteristics of a potential anorexic is perfectionism in various areas of life and excessive focus on one’s body.
Prospective anorexics are characterized by high intelligence and are often primes at school. Their a ...
Fungi
A species of fungus capable of breaking down and digesting polyurethane has been discovered in the Amazon.
It is called Pestalotiopsis microspora. Its polyurethane degradation activity was discovered only in ...
Graphene
Graphene is an allotrope of carbon consisting of a single layer of atoms arranged in a two-dimensional honeycomb nanostructure (an intermediate-sized structure between microscopic and molecular structures).
Allotropy is the phenomenon of the existence of different varieties of the same chemical element in ...
Milky Way
Our galaxy is surrounded by a spherical halo that extends as much as 200.000 light-years from its center.
The halo consists of old stars and globular clusters, and 90 percent of the material it contains is located within a radius of 100.000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.