Our Sun is an enormous laboratory for studying the interaction between moving plasma and magnetic fields. All phenomena connected with the solar activity like flares,…
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In their daily struggle for survival, herbivores are faced with several challenges. They need to cope with the risks imposed by their plant-based diets, such…
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When a spacecraft performs a manoeuver called flyby, in which it comes along a hyperbolic trajectory towards the Earth or other planets, something strange happens….
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We all are familiar with the situation from the practice of criminalistics when a number of people are presented to the witness of crime for…
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Understanding our social world is a complex task. Indeed, typical environments are noisy, visual information is often degraded, and sometimes sensory consequences are seemingly produced…
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Vanilla is one of the most used flavoring ingredients; however, the production of high-quality vanilla extracts is expensive and therefore different attempts to adulterate this…
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The winter ecology of small passerine birds at Northern latitudes provides an example in which counteracting selective forces can be studied in action. Small birds…
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For centuries, potato has been one of the most consumed crops worldwide and the basis of the diet in many countries. Unfortunately, other organisms also…
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Shifting attention in space is a fundamental biological function. Without attention, it would be impossible to scan the environment and to detect prey, predators, or…
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General Relativity is, currently, the best theory to explain gravitational phenomena. Published by Albert Einstein in 1915, the theory found agreement with known astronomical observations,…
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Recent statistics show that about half of the population in the US suffers from at least one type of health problem including mental illness, substance…
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