Riddles of man 2024, November

If geniuses themselves are known to mankind, then we know almost nothing about the nature of genius. Is it an anomaly or is it a kind of norm

Photo: Vincent Van Gogh. Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889) Many geniuses were mentally ill. Think of Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, Virginia Wolfe and Edgar Allan Poe

You have heard more than once that the boundaries between genius and idiocy are subtle. I will give examples where there is no such border at all, where two extremes coexist in the same mind

Scientists in China undertook to search for gifted children by DNA tests. They want to artificially deduce supermen from them. Recently, shocking news spread around the world. Thousands of teenagers to be genetically tested in Chongqing, China

Why do some peoples believe that someone is born without a soul, why do the people talk about some "soul-man", "a man with a big soul", and about others - - "Soulless" and so on

Despite the fact that sleep and awakening are very different both in terms of content and sensation, both states are deeply complex. It's no secret that children's dreams are different from those of adults

Together with experts we are trying to figure out what talent is and how to help a child to reveal it All parents dream of a child who would amaze others with intelligence and abilities

Almost everyone who reads these words experiences eye strain and irritation from time to time. Passionate online lovers sacrifice their passion with their eyes. But this is not necessary at all

Scientists have long established that not only our consciousness, but our entire body reacts violently to dangerous situations

Researchers at the University of Michigan (United States of America), who focused on the study of the roundworms Caenorhabditis elegans, revealed a rather interesting biological mechanism, which they called the "aging axis"

Fingers and toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin are most commonly affected. Your body tries to stay warm and protect vital organs (heart, liver), and therefore draws blood from your limbs to the center

Subzero temperature and wind - a rather dangerous combination for the human body

A team of evolutionary anthropologists led by Herman Pontzer from Duke University (USA) was able to determine the limit of a person's physical endurance, after which the body begins to draw energy from its fat reserves.According to Science, the study was based on measuring the BMR (basal metabolic rate)

This story took place in Belarus. Her hero is a certain Granatkin - storekeeper of the grocery base. It just so happened that he witnessed a crime related to a major theft of food products

There are times in life when you don't want anything, nothing pleases, you do something automatically, and then you notice that even when everything is fine, you are not happy about it. Well, it's not that you're upset, it's just that there is no joy

When it gets cold outside, the human body uses these amazing mechanisms to keep warm. Study them to learn how to do the right thing in freezing weather to avoid putting yourself at risk of frostbite

I don’t remember how many decades ago I noticed an interesting feature in justifying my position or my choice among different people. If you constantly ask a person "Why?" for each explanation, then in the end in almost all cases the ending will be one or another variation of the phrase in the title. L

At the junction of three states - Libya, Niger and Chad, in the heart of the Sahara Desert, there is a tuba (tibbu) - mysterious tribe, one of the oldest in Africa

Death, along with sex, is one of the greatest taboos of humanity. So when Ezekiel Emmanuel took the stage in New York with his statement, it was a big surprise

"Those who do not shine at all darken more often" The Internet is not only harmful, but also useful. Anonymity, and relative security, allows you to remain extremely sincere

A unique and unsolved phenomenon psychologists call dream flights, experienced by people in childhood and sometimes in adulthood. It is characteristic that these sensations are inherent in people who have never flown on an airplane

Biologists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found that fasting for 24 hours can reverse aging of intestinal stem cells

A recent discovery by Israeli scientists may have serious implications for the prevention of sudden infant death syndrome, as well as apnea, short-term respiratory arrest during sleep

Beautiful landscape, divine taste, wonderful aroma, melodic music Without all this, our life would be incomplete. For example, it is calculated that the human eye can perceive from three to eight quanta of light

Scientists have come close to studying the nature of genius, and are also trying to answer the question - is it possible to keep the brain clear even at a venerable age? British Sunday Times reports on the latest advances in these areas

Idiot genius - Riddle and Challenge to Science You've probably heard that the lines between genius and idiocy are subtle. Examples will be given here where there is simply no such border, where two extremes coexist in the same mind

Surprisingly, a large number of people believe in the existence of ghosts. And many have actually met a poltergeist. So what causes the paranormal?

Does genius have a secret? Chances are not, but there are similarities that make them smart, creative people who are willing to push boundaries. This is how geniuses should be

People think that their opinion always remains fixed, independent of the mood of society. However, new scientific research shows that our views, including political ones, are constantly changing. This is due to completely unexpected reasons

We are aging for a reason, but as a result of a special biological program. But in the world there is an African naked mole rat, a mouse-like animal unable to grow old. Scientists have figured out why people age, and excavators - not

“Ask a thousand people what they live for. Nobody will answer correctly. It's hard to live pointlessly. Hence all the absurdities of life.”Since time immemorial, people have wondered: what is the meaning of human life

Mikhail Vinogradov - forensic psychiatrist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, head of the Center for Legal and Psychological Assistance in Extreme Situations, initiator and head of the "League of Psychics of the Russian Federation"

The human body is fraught with many secrets, and from time to time it surprises scientists with its properties. So, often there are cases in which people show physical qualities that are not characteristic of them under normal conditions

For centuries, people with the gift of foresight were held in high esteem, as they could predict this or that event in the life of both an individual and a state

Mysterious voices that sound in the head have been known to people since prehistoric times

One of the ancient frescoes in a cave in Namibia depicts a Neolithic man holding a forked vine in his hands. The first researchers of this monument of primitive art considered that the plot refers to some kind of cult of one of the African tribes

Orientation in the surrounding space - the most important thing for any living being. Determining the distance to the desired object is not easy, and different creatures do it differently

The inhabitants of Tibet, as shown by the latest genetic research, have a number of features that distinguish them from any other people in the world

Turkish inspection commission cites telekinesis as one of the possible causes of a series of mysterious suicides

The passions that had subsided, raging in the second half of the last century around the phenomenal abilities of the Russian woman Ninela Sergeevna Kulagina, erupted with much greater force