A new study by an international team of scientists has revealed that a 13-year devastated the Maya population that inhabited the Yucatán Peninsula around 1,000 years ago. The researchers gathered detailed evidence by analyzing the layers of stalagmite from a cave on the peninsula.
What Did the Scientists Report?
By examining the mineral composition of the stalagmite, the researchers were able to create a detailed picture of precipitation distribution over the seasons and carefully compare climat…

On the eve of the Christmas holidays, an American technology company announced its intention to postpone the implementation of its ambitious project for at least another three years.
Previously, the company announced the imminent creation from scratch of its first fully autonomous electric vehicle as part of the Titan project. However, the launch of the driverless cars has now been postponed, as the realization of this plan is currently impossible. Developers have encountered the fact that produ…

Researchers have discovered that bottled water may contain significantly more plastic pollutants than previously thought. In a study published in the journal PNAS, scientists from Columbia University reported a breakthrough in detecting microplastics. This advancement was made possible through a new method of forced combination light scattering, which allows for the rapid determination of the size, composition, and quantity of these tiny particles.
The authors of the study found that a liter of…

A team of researchers from Umeå University has dubbed this hormonal interplay a “tug-of-war” between sugar and fat.
Now, individuals who consume a lot of sugar should be particularly cautious with sweet products. When sugar levels in the body are sufficiently high, the craving for sweets naturally diminishes. However, this is often replaced by a sudden desire for fatty foods, which can harm metabolic functions and contribute to weight gain.
Sugar and Fat – A Dangerous Duo
The hormonal mechanism…

Emotions reflect the state of the soul. Pain is a condition of the body. Pain and emotions are interconnected. Bitter emotions lead to pain, and pain always manifests in emotions. We just discussed how nature has provided us with regulators of emotions. Could it be that, while embedding the formation of pain sensations in our bodies, nature did not create “controllers” to regulate the intensity of their expression? It turns out, it did. Recent discoveries by neurophysiologists have shown that t…

Airplane
The first passenger airline in our country was launched in 1923. A person could fly from Moscow to Gorky, saving a significant amount of time. There’s even a report on the operations of this airline: in one year, it transported 229 passengers. During the years of turmoil, this was undoubtedly a remarkable achievement.
But now, such passenger flights can be completed in just 30 minutes. The TU-104 aircraft can carry 229 people and deliver them to Gorky in half an hour.
And if passengers…