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Thursday, 8 October 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

Anorexia has a high mortality rate.

It has the highest mortality rate of all mental disorders. Half of women with the disorder make a fu ...

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NASA

The second Crew Dragon mission, SpaceX Crew-2, set the record for the longest spaceflight by the U.S. after spending 200 days in orbit.

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Mushrooms

Mushrooms are of great importance in the development of civilization, due to their key role in making bread and wine.

Many species of fungi are used in food production: bread, spirits, cheeses. Some of them, like Penic ...

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Aurora

Auroras are caused by magnetic storms in the Sun.

Huge amounts of high-energy charged particles (mainly protons and electrons) are then ejected from t ...

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Anorexia Nervosa

Environmental factors have a large impact on the onset of anorexia.

The widespread cult of beauty and a slim figure - the promotion of skinny models, excessive physical ...

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Aurora

Australians prefer to use the more accessible term - "southern lights" instead of Aurora Australis.

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Ganymede

The surface temperature of the moon is about 110 K.

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Nicotine

Tobacco, whose leaves are the source of nicotine, was cultivated by people living in America two thousand years before its discovery by Columbus.

It came to Europe in the 16th century and both tobacco and the nicotine it contained were originally ...

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Mushrooms

Mycelium are able to communicate with trees, plants.

This communication involves the multidirectional flow of information (in the form of chemical compou ...

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Mushrooms

Fungi (Fungi) form next to animals (Animalia) and plants (Plantae) a distinct, great realm of eukaryotic living organisms.

They are found in all climatic zones, mainly on land, but also in waters, both salty and fresh. The ...

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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 ...