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Thursday, 19 June 2025
13 facts about tears
13 facts about tears
Multipurpose liquid
Associated with emotions, tears are a product of lacrimal glands, found in the eyes of most terrestrial vertebrates. Although their primary function i ...

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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 ...
Snow
Snowflakes falling on the water produce a penetrating sound.
This is the view of some researchers, claiming that a snowflake falling on water produces a high-fre ...
Mushrooms
Fungi live in symbiosis with microorganisms, higher plants (Embryophyte) and animals.
With many plants, they form mycorrhiza (symbiotic association of roots or seeds of vascular plants w ...
Anorexia Nervosa
Despite the literal translation of the term, the feeling of hunger is very often present in a person with this disorder.
Pathological control of this feeling, the need to eat, is a source of satisfaction for the patient.
Fungi
Mycelium can communicate with trees and plants.
This communication involves a multidirectional flow of information (in the form of chemical compound ...
Cosmos
The development of the universe can be divided into five stages.
The very early universe lasted only a picosecond, during which time the laws of physics that we know today had not yet developed.
Cosmos
There are about 200 trillion galaxies in the universe.
Each has a different composition and size. The largest galaxies can span up to 2 million light years.
Brain
An adult brain can store the equivalent of 2.5 million gigabytes of information.
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.
Graphene
Polish science contributed to the discovery and revolutionization of graphene production methods.
The key date is 2011 when the Institute of Electronic Materials Technology together with the Faculty ...