It is hypothesized that water movement reduced the local ethylene concentration on the root surface and consequently inhibited root hair development of sorghum seedlings grown in the mat system.
The Icarians, a French-based utopian socialist movement in the US.
followers of politician and journalist Étienne Cabet, who invented the word "communism"
2020
Michelangelo and Leonardo were commissioned to paint frescos in the same room. They hated each other, bickered, and neither completed their work..
Today you can walk around Florence seeing ghostly images of the two lost masterpieces.
South Korea to Implement "Green New Deal" after Ruling party's Election Win..
The plan includes large-scale investments in renewable energy and a carbon tax.
Only two ships have been sunk by submarines since WW2.
the INS Khukri during the Indo-Pakistani War and the ARA General Belgrano during the Falkland Islands war.
2020
Crackers are worse for your teeth than sugar.
Tooth decay is caused by acid-producing bacteria in your mouth that feast on carbohydrates, be it sugar from candy or starch from wholesome foods such as bread
2007
The Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft that visited Mercury.
It was launched at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in 1973, and flew by Venus 3 months later.
2020
High social anxiety = high empathy.
A study found that high empathy may make socially anxious individuals more sensitive and attentive to other people’s states of mind
2011
In 2006, the International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet.
This is because Pluto does not gravitationally dominate the neighborhood around its orbit
2019
Astronauts can grow approximately 5 cm in height when in space.
The lack of gravity in space causes the discs between the vertebrae to expand a little.
2013
Some people with anxiety may actively resist relaxation.
A study suggesting that it's a way to avoid a large jump in anxiety if something bad really does happen
2019
Any free-moving liquid in outer space will form itself into a sphere.
This is because of surface tension, which is an imbalance of intermolecular attractive forces.
2013
In rare cases, traumatic brain injuries can cause FAS, or foreign-accent syndrome.
This results in a patient's native speech taking on entirely new tone, or accent.
2016
