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Who as a child sat around the fire, when a crackling wood all take turns to describe “horror stories” ” about ghosts, demons and zombies. But scientists do know that there are real facts is much more creepier than Ghost stories. Today 10 amazing facts, which are far more strange and terrifying than fiction.
1. Space madness
There is much talk today about the flight to Mars and even colonize the red planet. In the United States say they are willing to make this project a reality by 2030. But the results of one study in which laboratory mice were irradiated by highly charged particles, the effects of which astronauts will be exposed to in deep space, has led to very disturbing conclusions.
The impact of the particles caused in mice an inflammation of the brain, leading to dementia, loss of cognitive abilities and the disappearance of the “instinct of fear”, a process by which the brain cuts over time associated with fear. The absence of this instinct leads to a state of constant anxiety. This is “space madness” had passed from rodents and six months after their exposure. Currently there is no known way to fully shield the astronauts from exposure to these particles.
2. Spider virus
WO virus infects only bacteria that live inside of spiders and insects. As you know, bacterial viruses often “steal” parts of the DNA code of the bacteria that they infect. But recently it was discovered that WO stole a gene from a spider “black widow”, which actually makes this spider so poisonous. It is believed that this gene helped WO virus break through the cell walls of bacteria. It was also discovered that the virus also borrows other genes that help him cope with the immune system of the victim. In General, WO is now a virus that mutates rapidly, is resistant to the immune system and the genome has the strongest poison. Fortunately, he is not “touching” people.
3. The second fault
For many years seismologists reported that the famous fault is the San Andreas fault in California has long been “ripe” for a major earthquake of magnitude 8 or above on the Richter scale. However, recently discovered the reason why it still hasn’t happened yet. Was discovered a second fault length of 56 kilometers, which is parallel to the fault the San Andreas fault beneath the lake of Salton. It can “contain” an earthquake. His discovery caused a complete reassessment of seismic hazard for the southern district of the state, in particular, for Los Angeles, San Diego and San Bernardino. However, if the earthquake does happen, it will be much more devastating because Selenskogo fault.
4. Killing machine
Although there are many potential applications for artificial intelligence (AI) in the future, a group of researchers from the University Carnegie Mellon has decided to demonstrate one application of which all feared and hoped would not happen. They taught an advanced neural network to kill indiscriminately. While they did this in a virtual world, designed specifically for this purpose, namely Doom. AI focuses in this world by studying what is happening on the screen, like a normal person-the player. In the end, the artificial intelligence who was trained to kill by carrot and stick – “encouraging murder and the punishment for taking damage and death” it took quite a bit of time to completely dominate all enemies-humans. Currently, the killing machine can only play video games, but to retrain it to “real life” is not difficult.
5. Caroline butcher
Paleontologists at North Carolina State University recently discovered a previously unknown species of animal that is older than dinosaurs and early relatives of crocodiles. Despite the fact that this creature has been extinct for over 230 million years, the fact that it once roamed the Earth, is enough to cause nightmares. Called it Carnufex carolinensis ( “Caroline butcher”), which is a very appropriate name for krokodilopodobnyh being 3 meters in length and walked on two feet like a man. It is also interesting that this animal lived in the water and on land. With teeth like blades, and a much greater mobility than that of modern crocodiles, Carnufex was probably one of the best predators before the advent of dinosaurs.
6. The worm
Somehow Professor Jonathan Allen was faced with the fact that he had a rough round patch of skin on the inside of his mouth. What was even more disturbing, this “spot” is regularly moved around different parts of the mouth. In the end, the Professor realized that this tiny worm moving under the surface of the skin, and managed to pull out a wriggling parasite. It turned out that this is a very rare parasite, which had infected a total of 13 people in the United States, including himself.
7. The supernatural song of Jupiter
The spacecraft NASA’s “Juno” at the present time for 20 months in orbit around Jupiter, collecting data about this mysterious gas giant. During one of the flybys of the planet “Juno” collected data on radio emissions from the polar auroras of the planet. Scientists on Earth then decrypted received data in sound files. The result is a real sound track of the film horror from the depths of space. These emissions in the atmosphere of the planet, which are the strongest of its kind in the Solar system, generated by the electrons of unknown origin. Now scientists hope to find out where they come from.
8. The Ghost in the machine
Often people feel without any reasonable reason that they are being watched. Even if no one is around, that feeling terribly nervous. Scientists may have found why this is happening and how it can be reproduced. In 12 patients who experienced such feelings were damaged areas of the brain corresponding to the self-image. The researchers hypothesized that such people have the brain misinterprets the signals it receives from the senses and which are intended for orientation in space.
In the experiment, the robot imitated the finger movements of the subject, as if drawing on his back. Participants were not informed about anything suspicious, to those until the motion of the robot has not ceased to be synchronised with their own. Immediately patients reported strong sense of someone standing behind them, many were so frightened that they asked to stop the experiment.
9. Living dead
Researchers have recently discovered a special aspect of the relationship between a wasp parasite and certain types of spiders. It has long been known that wasps use spiders to create a very durable nests. Moreover, wasps are doing it in a very unusual manner, turning the spiders into a kind of controlled zombies. The female wasp lays an egg in the abdomen of the spider. After the larva hatches, it attaches to the nervous system of the spider, feeding on its blood and secreting a chemical that causes the spider to become “thoughtless workers” who are building ultra-rugged hornet’s nest. The modified web, which distinguishes spider reflects UV light, instead of absorbing it like a normal web. After completion, the larva devours her zombie slave.
10. The Face Of Matthew
Hurricane Matthew, which is now raging in America, is the first hurricane of the 5th category in 2007. Matthew has led to catastrophic destruction and hundreds of deaths. Particularly affected the island of Haiti, where, according to various estimates, killed from 500 to more than 1,300 people. When Matthew struck Haiti on October 4, meteorological satellite, NASA made it the infrared image. Form of the storm has an obvious resemblance to a grinning skull in profile, and the “eyes” of the skull is actually the eye of the storm.
