33 studies that science did in 2017

2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55

A mole that can eat plastic, stardust that we have on our rooftops, the ancient Moon, gel instead of stitches for wounds, the helpless Tyrannosaurus Rex, and 28 other bizarre studies that were conducted in 2017.

1. The moon is much older than scientists thought. She is 4.5 billion years old.

2. Two satellites of Mars - Phobos and Deimos - once broke off from their main planet due to a collision with a large object.

3. The scientific community has finally officially recognized the new kind of clouds. It's called Asperatus and it looks very creepy …

4. There is a layer of stardust on the roof of your house right now. These are very tiny, almost nanoparticles, which crumble from the sky, where meteorites burn up.

5. Puppies respond faster and better to children's speech than to adults. And the point here is not in sympathy, but simply in the timbre of the voice. In children, in terms of acoustic parameters, it is closer to that of a puppy than adult speech.

6. Scientists have developed a special gel with which you can force tissue to grow together. This means that soon the surgeries can be performed without stitches.

7. A huge chunk of the Larsen Ice Shelf broke away from Antarctica this year. Scientists first noticed the crack in 2011. Now all together we are waiting for Lovecraft's Ridges of Madness to be found.

8. Tyrannosaurus Rex has become completely helpless. If earlier he had legs - generally useless legs - then this year it turned out that he still could not run. According to the computer model, if he ran, his legs would break.

9. Some dinosaurs laid eggs that lay for six months before hatching.

10. It turns out that the last 2000 years people were poisoned with lead and did not even know it. Studies in the Alps have shown that the historical minimum of lead in the air has been exceeded almost since the days of the Roman Empire. However, these scientists would not hurt to measure ruthenium in the Urals.

11. 2016 was recognized as the hottest year in history. As for 2017, it will be known in a day.

12. Where do you think you learned how to store videos and photos this year? No, this is not a new flash drive or cloud service. This is … the DNA of bacteria. This is done using the CRISPR system.

13. Humans have produced 8.3 billion tons of plastic since the 1950s. And most have already been thrown away.

14. The dwarf planet in the form of a potato, which scientists called Haumea, was not easy. There is also a ring around it. It is also the fastest rotating body in the solar system.

15. All over Antarctica there are hundreds of ponds, streams and waterfalls that we never knew about.

16. 450 thousand years ago, Britain separated from continental Europe due to a powerful flood. It turns out that this was her first Brexit.

17. This year, scientists managed to find out how to remove living tissue from the state of cryogenic freezing. Of course, they only managed to thaw a small piece of tissue, it’s not even an organ. And the freezing of a person with his awakening in the future is still a fantasy. But the first step has already been taken this year.

18. Living organisms on Earth existed more than three and a half billion years ago. They cheerfully swam in especially warm areas of the world's oceans and did not know any problems.

19. This year, scientists have figured out what the ancestor of all modern colors looked like. He looked like a lily.

20. Once upon a time in the Triassic period (245 million years ago), there were some reptiles living on Earth that ate fish. They, contrary to popular belief, gave birth to cubs alive, and did not lay eggs.

21. Wolf-sized otters lived on Earth 62 million years ago.

22. Medusa Cassiopeia, which is also known as "jellyfish upside down" was completely brainless. Not only does the animal lack a brain, it also knows how to sleep.

23. The large wax moth was the first animal to be found capable of devouring plastic.

24. Another interesting discovery is made in Hong Kong. A newly discovered species of crab can climb trees.

25. This animal is called a bald mole rat. This year it was found that mole rats can go without oxygen for about 18 minutes. In order to survive, they need fructose, with which they receive energy.

26. Bees can use work tools if they see other bees doing the same.

27. There is a very insolent species of beetles that live in ant colonies and ride on the backs of ants.

28. Spiders around the world eat 400 to 800 million tons of insects. Yearly.

29. Baby humpback whales can talk very quietly with their mother. So quiet that the whales nearby cannot hear them.

30. An interesting discovery was made by zoologists in relation to the sea lamprey. It turns out that they are born asexual. And already in the process of development of the tadpole, its sex is determined.

31. Laughter is contagious not only in humans. Parrots can also infect each other with positive emotions.

32. Ravens can plan their actions in advance and exercise self-control.