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Dry valleys McMurdo, Antarctica may seem one of the least hospitable places on Earth. It is a cold desert where only the wind searches rocky land and water exists only in the form of ice, the remaining including those times when the valley was covered by the ocean. In short, it's so sad area of the planet that NASA decided to simulate Martian conditions.

A year ago, NewScientist said about "tax on oil", introduced in Denmark. It was the first in the world to attempt to limit thus the consumption of products containing more than 2.3% saturated fat. Alas, under strong pressure from the food industry and in connection with the weak economy, the Danish government abolished tax and abandoned plans to introduce "tax on sugar."

As shown by a new simulation of the upper atmosphere of Pluto, it goes so far from the planet that some stray molecules can fly even to Charon. The thickness of the atmosphere dwarf planet estimated at approximately 10 390 km, that is about 4.5 diameter of Pluto, which covers the distance to Charon more than half.

In a small area of the southern ocean dissolve the shells of marine snails. This is the first evidence that the underwater inhabitants already suffer from man-caused acidification of the seas.

Professor Christopher Hutchinson from Monash University (Australia) dreams of a future in which the materials of construction will be truly multifunctional. According to the scientist, instead of creating the material and hope that its structure and properties are not evolve too much during the period of operation, it is necessary to recognize evolutionary change is inevitable and not to fight them, not avoid them, as from the outset to develop a future material so that the evolution proceeded in the direction of improving its properties.

Many people smoke, thinking some tough question: Smoking supposedly helps to focus, it helps to stir up the brain, to spur thinking, and so on, While no one is arguing that nicotine is not the best way affects the cardiovascular system. However, it would be strange to think that heart problems do not affect the condition of the brain.

Reception of some common drugs in combination with grapefruit can cause fatal side effects, according to a paper published in the journal of the Canadian medical Association (Canadian Medical Association Journal, CMAJ).

We all go through life from point a to point B. Point And is where we are now. B - where we want to go and how we want to be.

Co-founder of SpaceX billionaire Elon Musk wants to help create a Mars colony, in which lived about 80 thousand people. Musk expects that delivery of one colonizer on the Red planet can deliver half a million dollars at the expense of the traveler.

Ten years ago, in September 2002, took place the opening of the sarcophagus with the body of the Buryat Lama Itigelov. The body was removed from the "a" - the place of burial Lama in the area Huh?-Zurh?n in the presence of numerous witnesses. After 75 years since the death of the body was not touched by decay and was in the Lotus posture, which Dorzho took before his death.

Scientists have managed to solve one of the most intriguing mysteries of water: they found out how it can save the information about those who inhabit it. It turned out that some organic molecules trapped in the water, can be stored in it long enough. This is strange - in theory, they must be immediately destroyed. But for some reason this does not happen.

All mankind, undoubtedly, greatly worried by the fact that the Mayan calendar end date : December 21, 2012, and all interested in one question: is this the end of the world?

Kidnapping for obscure (and understand why there?) goals did not begin with flights American fighters of American bases. We already told about the disappearance of one of the battalions of the British Norfolk regiment during the First world war. However, both before and after this happened, the mass of a single abduction, which makes no sense to dwell, as not all of them can be identified. But some failed kidnapping eloquently suggests that the tendency exists, and it is developing.

June 5, 1952 in the Yucatan jungle archaeological expedition under the leadership of Alberta RDCs Luara and his three companions made a remarkable discovery. She has conducted research in the area of remarkable monuments of Palenque, which stood in County Chiapas near the famous Mayan village.

Ancient researchers have noted that all life evolves in cycles. Events of this sometimes with remarkable precision copy "the events of long bygone days".