Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday 2020 is on the show

Super Tuesday is one of the important moments for Americans: it is a race to decide which Democrat Donald Trump will face in the presidential election.

Katherine Johnson

Katherine Johnson, the Scientist Who Took Man to the Moon

It wasn’t easy being a career woman in 1950s America. Moreover, being African-American made things even harder. Yet Katherine Johnson, who fell into both categories, not only made it. In fact, she also managed to leave an indelible mark on the history of human progress. The mathematician who died on Monday, February 24, 2020 at the venerable age of 101 was in fact part of the NASA team that calculated the trajectories that brought the Apollo 11 mission module to touch the lunar ground.

Ecologically Friendly Products

5 Ecologically Friendly Products That Are Not That ‘Green’

Is paying attention to the environment by choosing ecologically friendly products your philosophy of life? Good, but sometimes even with the best intentions you can be wrong. In fact, there are many things that many people believe are ecological but are based on urban legends or false beliefs. Not everything that is natural is low impact, like cotton. And not always saving trees means protecting the environment.

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Baobabs Are Dying – But We Still Do Not Know Why

Another one of Africa’s many mysteries. For about ten years now, some of the biggest and oldest trees on the continent, the baobabs, have been dying. Plants between 1,100 and 2,500 years old are disappearing. In particular, nine of the thirteen oldest baobabs on the continent have collapsed under their weight and have died in the last 10 years. It is shocking to think that during our lifetime so many thousand year old trees have disappeared at the same time.

huh

‘Huh’ and Other Universal Words That Need No Translation

Some words, passing from one language to another, take on completely different expressions. Some of them are almost untranslatable. On the contrary, other words almost need no translation, because they sound strangely similar everywhere. Just like “huh”, “coffee” and “ok”. But also like “guitar”!

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Feeling Tired All The Time? Here Are Some Natural Remedies

There are several natural remedies that can give more energy, both physical and mental. Among them are the foods we bring to the table. Nutritious, low in fat and calories, they stimulate the metabolism, improve the mood and recharge the batteries. Rice, red fruit, honey and chocolate are only some of these.

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Even Plants Have a Nervous System To Communicate Stress

A minor cabbage larva bites and swallows a piece of leaf. Immediately afterwards, a wave of light propagates in what remains of the plant, as if to signal the attack in progress. This is the alarm system that plants use to activate hormonal defence mechanisms, the last bastion against parasites. This signalling mechanism is nothing more than the “nervous system” of the plants.

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3 Smart Inventions That Come From the Great Depression

Necessity is the mother of inventions. This is also what happened during the Great Depression. It was one of the worst financial crises in modern history, after the collapse of Wall Street in 1929. At that time there were the conditions for small and big ideas to take shape or spread on a large scale, sometimes changing our lives. Among them there were the zipper and even the tale of the 3 Little Pigs.