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On September 1, 1804, astronomer Karl Harding discovered the asteroid Juno

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Talking about the past and future of the Earth's only satellite

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Maria Montessori, Italian educator and Italy's first female physician, was born on August 31, 1870

Author Evgeniya Chernoskulova
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Scientists note that the number of terrestrial insects is decreasing by almost 1% annually

Author Ida Novikova
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On August 29, 1885, German inventor Gottlieb Daimler patented the first motorcycle

Author Evgeniya Chernoskulova
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In many cultures the word “golden” is associated with something good: golden rule, golden hands, golden medal, golden words, and just about anything else if it is “worth its weight in gold.” Let's look into why this precious metal has become a metaphor and where it came from on our planet.

Author Polina Ostrizhnaya
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On August 28, 1845, the first issue of Scientific American, a popular science magazine, was published

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Russian specialists are carrying out long-term research on crossbreeding of promising varieties of fruit and berry crops adaptive to extreme climatic conditions of Siberia and the Urals.

Author Olesya Farberovich
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More than 2 billion people on the planet do not have access to clean drinking water. From 5 to 8 million people a year die after consuming low-quality water and the number of those who fall ill amounts to half a billion

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On 27 August 865, Abu Bakr Muhammad al-Razi, Persian scholar, encyclopedist, physician, alchemist, and philosopher was born.

Author Polina Ostrizhnaya
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Aristotle once said: “We can trust our senses, but we can still be easily deceived by them”... 

Author Evgeniya Chernoskulova
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On August 26, 1768, James Cook set out on his first circumnavigation of the globe. The main official mission was to observe Venus

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On August 25, 1956, Vasa, the ship that is known as the world's only surviving sailing ship of the early seventeenth century, was discovered

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At first the suits were designed to work in deep water, then in the air, and finally in zero gravity, beyond the atmosphere: read about the history and prospects of space suits in our article

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Research by Urals experts is aimed at studying the situation with international labor migration in the South Urals, which may play an important role in its socio-economic development

Author Olesya Farberovich
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Recalling the achievements of an outstanding scientist

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Read about the properties, characteristics, processing, and use of graphite in our article.

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Can you imagine a liger or a pluot? It sounds like a spell and looks completely unbelievable. However, this is not the result of a magical act, but a gradual achievement of selective breeding.

Author Polina Ostrizhnaya

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