Many still remember traffic jams in Europe, caused by the April eruption of Eyyafyatlayokudlya. Scientists around the world genuinely fear the catastrophic consequences of volcanic activity. In August, two international expeditions for volcanoes studying were launched. Russian and American researchers went to the peak Sarychev, located on the...
There are many myths about men's sexual preferences. Today, of course, no one judges as strictly as twenty years ago, but men have certain images in their heads, some ideas that are like flashcards with notations: “a woman for friendship,” “a woman to love,” “a woman for entertainment.” The most difficult thing is to move from one category to...
Rumor has it that the couple’s relationship soured after their third child was born. Natalia's friends say that rumors of prominent wealth of Lord Portman do not match the reality. They say that this old English family has nothing but the title. They also say that the Lord started having issues with alcohol and even at social events he is always...
A sick internet joke or a serious business proposition? A restaurant in Germany has been conducting an advertising campaign for people to donate body parts which will be transformed into delicious dishes at a new restaurant called Flime.
A sex scandal broke out in one of the Moscow offices where female employees demanded that their boss is held responsible for sexual harassment towards all women in the office. Following the example of Western companies where the phrase sexual harassment is no longer just a threat, but a verdict for the career, female employees of Russian firms are...
Many parents believe that the “habit” of their children to do everything with their left hand is a whim that should be stopped. These people are greatly mistaken. Left-handedness is one of the options for the normal development of the body, it is due to structural features of the human brain and is determined at genetic level. The modern world was...
Violetta Ballirano, a Russian gymnast performing for team Italy, fell out of the window on the sixth storey on August 21. The teen girl landed on the roof of Nissan Qashqai vehicle parked near the entrance to the building, above the window. She was hospitalized with closed cranial trauma, brain concussion and numerous bone fractures
Using the language of apocalyptic war, Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad promised a response "on a planetary scale" if his country is attacked. "Our options will have no limits, and will involve the whole planet," warned the Iranian president.
The powerful device of silence and lies which the supreme government has to conceal and cover for Washington, applies to this situation. The resources that have escaped any demand for clarification of the falsehoods in the official version of the events of September 11, 2001 in the United States, which served as a pretext to launch the war against...
The Moscow government considers an opportunity to ban the sales of alcohol beverages, including beer, at night time. It has already been decided to ban the sales of beverages stronger than 15% already from September 1. There were two politicians in Russia and the USSR, who became known for their initiative to introduce the dry law: Mikhail...
Pregnancy has long been regarded as a mystical condition, since in the understanding of our ancestors, a pregnant woman carried two souls in her body, living on the border between two worlds - our own and beyond. Therefore, many magic rituals and superstitions were devoted to this condition, and some of them survived until our days
A recent study shows that in the United States of America, the number of girls reaching puberty by the age of seven has doubled in the last decade. Scientists are still investigating the reasons, but early conclusions point towards obesity and the ingestion of chemicals which mimic the female hormone, oestrogen.
World Blood Donor Day was celebrated recently. Russia has its own National Blood Donor Day, and two years in a row a “donor’s Saturday” is held in early August. In the United States there are approximately 60 donors per 1,000 residents per year, in Europe this number is 40, and the average number in Russia is only 13. Blood transfusion specialists...