Regularly on one, then on another forum, if we are talking about science and technology in the USSR, is definitely the “nerd” that is sure to stick in my two cents and blurt out: “If Stalin did not pursue Cybernetics, hehe…” “ Further, depending on the audience at the forum, …
Read More »Doctors have debunked four myths about the tick bites
Experts spoke about common misconceptions about the tick bites. No wonder people are afraid of ticks: bite threatens a possible 60 diseases, including Lyme disease (or Lyme disease), viral fevers, tick-borne typhus or palsy, etc.. The most dangerous and well-known disease — tick-borne encephalitis causes brain inflammation and in rare …
Read More »The Professor has debunked seven myths about antibiotics
Mark Mendelson (Professor, Department of infectious diseases, University of Cape town) told the whole truth about antibiotics. By 2050 the number of people dying from antibiotic-resistant infections could rise to 10 million peopleToday the world community is concerned about the crisis in global public health, provoked by the resistance of …
Read More »Everything delicious is harmful: 6 common myths about fried foods
Fried food is not so terrible, according to most. People say they were good or bad, or expensive, or brings excess weight. Whether it’s fried chicken, fries or even ice cream — most people have everything that is cooked in oil and covered with a Golden crust, causing the wildest …
Read More »Six common myths about hangover
Doctors have debunked the most common myths about the hangover condition. Good music, nice company and alcohol. You well and therefore you do not notice, how much time to drink. By the time when you pay attention to it, as a rule, drunk too much already. The next day you …
Read More »The influence of sex on physical, intellectual, health: truths and myths
Sex is a basic bodily pleasures. 1. Sex lowers blood pressure Lies. Blood pressure increases – but for a very short time. In addition, it recorded a very low number of cases, when during sexual intercourse a heart attack and stroke. 2. Sex reduces stress True. The study, whose results …
Read More »Seven “painkillers” myths of the Baltic policy
Pribalty reports: Political activity – activity of the nervous, and the result is often very far from the expected. When things go wrong, steering the state have to resort to complacency. RuBaltic.ru prepared a list of 7 “painkillers” the myths by which national-minded Baltic politicians convince themselves that all is …
Read More »Why are people so tenaciously cling to the myths – the writer Vladimir Voinovich
17.03.2016 19:05 Voinovich about Savchenko, Putin and Panfilov Elena Rykovtseva Why are people so tenaciously cling to the myths – the writer Vladimir Voinovich in the program Elena Rykovtseva Elena Rykovtseva: today we Have unusual and wonderful event, and we will enter the Studio in a minute Vladimir …
Read More »Eat corn until it crawled away. How myths about GMOs rooted in public opinion
In early August, a popular crowdfunding service Kickstarter banned the project for obtaining genetically modified organisms (GMOs), equating them to pornography, drugs and weapons. It happened a month later after the biologists who managed to collect half a million dollars to create glowing plants. Despite the fact that a negative …
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