Most often, stories about wolves emphasize their danger, that meeting with them does not bode well. But we will talk about something else, about the benefits of wolves, their foundations and behavior in a pack, about what animals are unique in their behavior and significance for the world around them
For the past twenty years, the director of the North-Eastern Scientific Station, ecologist Sergei Zimov, with a team of enthusiasts have been sounding the alarm about the potential threats to humanity lurking in the permafrost
Vast Siberia stretches east from the Ural Mountains to the Pacific and Arctic Oceans. There are only three people per square kilometer here, which makes Siberia one of the least populated places on the entire Earth. Nevertheless, for archaeologists, this area is a real treasure. Cool, dry air and permafrost keep the artifacts of the past safe and sound, over and over again surprising historians
Most of the videos on our channel are devoted to problems of interest to men, such as the stories "How to survive in a street fight?" and "Who are you on the street?"
In the 19th century, radiation invisible to the human eye, capable of passing through flesh and other materials, seemed like something completely fantastic. Now, X-rays are widely used to create medical images, conduct radiation therapy, analyze works of art and solve nuclear energy problems
Have you ever had such a thing in your life that after a stupid, meaningless conversation, fed with strong emotions, you felt squeezed out like a lemon and did not understand where your life force had gone? It has long been proven that empty but emotional conversations are a waste of a person's energy
Russian molecular biologists have found that the junk DNA at the ends of chromosomes contains instructions for synthesizing a protein that helps cells not die from stress. Their findings were presented in the journal Nucleic Acids Research
The Appalachian foothills have become the site of a medical anomaly that is simply impossible to believe in existence. In the 1800s, in eastern Kentucky, a family lived in complete isolation, whose members had one very striking distinguishing feature - blue skin
Englishwoman Olivia Farnsworth looks like an ordinary child. If you do not know about its features, which confused scientists and doctors. It all started when a girl had an accident
The British Museum has published the results of research on a mysterious black liquid that was found in the sarcophagus of an ancient Egyptian priest named Jedhonsiu-ef-ank and in other coffins
The Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx are the oldest structures in the world and the only ones of the seven wonders of the world that have survived to this day. They stood for several thousand years, but now they are threatened with destruction. How to preserve the priceless heritage of Ancient Egypt for future generations? Was there a second sphinx near the Great Pyramids?
Now you will find out if these shots are so far from reality
Each passenger arriving at the capital's Sheremetyevo airport or taking off from there, when approaching and ascending from the eastern side, probably paid attention when looking through the window at a truncated four-sided pyramid towering in the Moscow region
It has long been known that metal gable, etc. roofs need to be grounded, because they tend to draw a lot of static from the atmosphere. The proposed version of the "Leiden Bank" allows you to use this statics for your own needs
The pyramids are mainly associated in the minds of most of us with Ancient Egypt, at worst - with the Mayan civilization. But these structures are found all over the world. The discovery of the whole valley of the pyramids in the southeast of Europe became a real scientific sensation
An international research group has applied theoretical physics methods to investigate the electromagnetic response of the Great Pyramid to radio waves. Scientists have proven that, under resonance conditions, a pyramid can concentrate electromagnetic energy in its internal chambers and under the base
Egyptian pyramids - well, it would seem that there is something new to say? Everything has already been researched and re-examined, all the riddles have been solved, the secrets have been revealed. However, until now, these buildings excite the minds of researchers and everyone who is interested in ancient Egypt. And despite the fact that there are a lot of pyramids in Egypt, first of all, of course, everyone has an image of the pyramids of Giza not far from present-day Cairo. Well, let's look at the pyramids from a seditious point of view
Oddly enough, but officially the end of the Earth, or the end of the world, is located in Russia. Such an unusual name bears a cape on the island of Shikotan, which is part of the Kuril Islands group. Indeed, it seems to the traveler who finds himself on a cape with such a poetic name, whose high cliffs cut into the water column of the Pacific Ocean, that there is nothing further
What secrets did the ominous box hide, and why could it not be opened? When Should You Use the Expression "Pandora's Box"? What is meant by this phrase? To get an answer to these questions, you need to find out the history of the origin of the phraseological unit. The myths of ancient Greece will help us
Sooner or later, everyone will have to do it. It would be ridiculous to think that after such a life we will somehow be able to penetrate through the heavenly gates or deceive the archangel guarding them. It is worth resigning ourselves to the inevitable: we are not waiting for booths and houris, but a gloomy landscape of hell
The parasite, like a smart gangster, does not want to kill anyone - he only needs to get his share, and in return he is even ready to provide some services. He often manipulates the host, but can also protect him from enemies. Why parasites are not an absolute evil, but a separate world and a necessary part of nature that should be protected, Maria Orlova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Tyumen State University explained to us
When we hear the phrase "city on the water", pictures of Venice usually come to our minds. Architecture, rich history, an abundance of romance - all this has turned the Italian city into a pearl of tourism. But there are many other cities in the world, either on the water or surrounded by the water surface
We have all seen the map of the world a thousand times. But what if this cat playing with Australia isn't really a cat at all? And Russia is not as huge as we all think?
Throughout its existence, humanity has faced something that it could not explain. Time passed, and more and more previously unknown phenomena, objects or places became "read books". However, even today there are points on the map, whose history is still shrouded in mystery, and they are popular with adherents of mystical tourism. Many such places were found in the domestic open spaces. To your attention "nine" of the most mysterious tourist spots in Russia
We all use the projection of Gerard Mercator, but it has a drawback: the closer the islands and countries are to the poles, the more they seem
If you look at a map of the world, you will probably think that North America and Russia are larger than Africa. However, in fact, Africa is three times the size of North America and significantly larger than Russia
Santa Claus - he's Yolkich, he's Christmas grandfather, he's Moroz Ivanovich, he's Morozko. It is believed that he lives in Veliky Ustyug, but there is information that he is inclined to change the turnout
Psychoneuroimmunologist Daisy Fancourt on the impact of cultural life on our well-being, the correlation between reading fiction and a healthy lifestyle, and how art helps to cure chronic pain
Legends tell us about the magical city of Kitezh, which went under water, about the mysterious civilization of Atlantis, which ended up at the bottom of the sea after a mysterious cataclysm. However, underwater cities exist in reality. They are looking for, unearthed, and various artifacts are obtained from there. Very often, the history of these flooded settlements, their heyday and death, their searches and finds turns out to be more interesting than any legends
When in 1963 a Turkish citizen decided to renovate his own home, he could not even imagine what he would see behind the rubble of the wall. However, this discovery shocked not only the owner of the house. Sometimes the results of human activity are much more striking than fiction
Scientists note that the level of the oceans is rising and many cities located on the coast are in danger. When it comes to sunken cities, Atlantis comes to mind, which, according to legends, was a rich city with many beautiful temples, rich vegetation and magnificent statues of the gods. Perhaps this is just a myth. However, there have been real cities in history that have sunk. Below we will tell you about them
In the 1920s, a resort town was built on the shores of Lake Epecuen in Argentina. The unique healing properties of the reservoir attracted thousands of people from all over the world who wanted to improve their health and relax on its shores. The resort thrived for over half a century until it sank underwater in 1985
Why did the ancient inhabitants of Crimea and other places cut down rooms in the rocks - even historians have no definite answer. There is an official opinion, roughly close to logical reasoning. According to popular belief, their main purposes are from the category: suppose everything in which there is logic. Namely: monasteries, crypts, tombs, cattle stalls, warehouses, cellars. As you can see, there are no dwellings in this list. Well, it's not logical to live in caves on steep slopes when you can build a house on the surface
Outwardly, almost nothing has changed on the spacious train station square. The endless lines of cars still run in all directions, the wheels of trolleybuses rustle softly on the asphalt, and the trams move jingling. A never-ending stream of pedestrians flows along wide sidewalks, lingers at the entrances to train stations
Excavations in the Great Kremlin Square were started by the Institute of Archeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in May 2019 with the aim of studying cultural strata on the high root terrace of the Moskva River, in the immediate vicinity of Cathedral Square
Have you ever wondered why there was a need to build a subway around the world almost two hundred years ago? After all, there were no traffic jams on the surface, and Henry Ford had not even launched his first conveyor yet? No one then could have believed that the car would be available to everyone, and the metro had already been built. Or, perhaps, no one built it, but just dug it out?
In 1900, the Feodosia forester Fyodor Ivanovich Siebold, while leveling the Tepe-Oba mountain slopes in order to establish water-collecting and irrigation canals, "should ensure the success of afforestation," discovered fragments of an ancient hydraulic system. The structure turned out to be quite large, with a volume of “up to 300 cubic meters. fathoms "and was a cone-shaped heap of rubble, piled on the slopes of mountains and on rocks located at a considerable height above sea level
Has a pronounced effect on the pineal gland, it was known to the Sumerians as shem-an-na "the raising stone of fire"
The prospector scoops up one or two shovels of soil from the bank or from the bottom of the river, throws it into a tray with a concave bottom, and then for a long time washes away clay, sand and pebbles in the water, peering intently into the muddy suspension - won't something shine? The reward is a few yellow grains of sand at the very bottom of the tray. Or a small nugget if you're lucky
Numerous results of studies of geneticists and physiologists refute the myth that supposedly all people descend from one ancestor. Even in the most popularized book in the world, the Bible, it is indicated that Adam was created artificially, and Eve was made from a rib, that is, cloned