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  Dmitry Mendeleev and 40 degrees of Russian vodka

  Science » Mysteries

  There are plenty of myths surrounding the great Russian scientist Dmitry Mendeleev. They say that he first saw his famous periodic table in his dream, and that he was the one to have decided that vodka should be forty degrees. All this is no more than myths. There is a possibility that the brilliant scientist partook in the creation of some of them

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  Mission a success

  Science » Technologies and discoveries

  The Russian spacecraft Soyuz TMA-22 with three crew members on board, took off on Monday toward the International Space Station (ISS), at a time when Russia tries to restore confidence in its space program after the recent accident of a cargo ship and an unsuccessful launch.

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  After the Black Rhino, who is next?

  Science » Planet Earth

  Close on the heels of the news that the Western Black Rhino has been hunted to extinction by Humankind comes another sickening fact to feed our collective revulsion at what we have become: the Nautilus, a living fossil, is the next probable victim. It takes Mankind 24 hours to eliminate 200 species, daily.

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  Cause of AIDS lies in imbalance of chakras

  Science » Mysteries

  Our ancestors knew things that today's scientists are only starting to consider. However, this knowledge is getting lost, our elders die, and the unique experience of generations is vanishing. Some of this knowledge stays in the form of superstitions and folk myths. However, sometimes their meaning is lost, which makes the factual knowledge useless

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  What killed Lisbon's mummies?

  Science » Mysteries

  Groundbreaking research undertaken on three mummies in Lisbon's National Archaeological Museum in Belém, Lisbon, has revealed the first known case of prostate cancer in an Egyptian mummy. The discovery was made by the three entities participating in the Lisbon Mummy Project - MNA, IMI and Siemens.

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