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He midsummer brings with him a festival of lights marked by a wide repertoire of astronomical phenomena. This month of August we will be able to appreciate Mercury in its maximum splendor -one of the most difficult planets to see due to its orbit close to the sun- and, at the end of the month (August 27), Saturn it will reach its opposition, shining brighter than any other day of the year. the tears of San Lorenzoone of the most famous phenomena of summer, it is expected that they can be easily observed on the night of August 12-13: the…

Why mosquitoes prey on some people and pass on others remains a mystery, although many studies point to the smell that humans give off. Now, a new study suggests that the aroma of a soapcombined with the personal odor of some individuals, it can attract or repel mosquitoes. The detailed studies, carried out by scientists of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)are published this wednesday in the magazine 'iScience'. Research has found that an individual, extremely attractive to mosquitoes when unwashed, "can become even more attractive for mosquitoes with a soapand become repulsive to mosquitoes with another,"…

It's been a year since a archaeologist squad Made up of more than 300 professionals, it explores different nooks and crannies of the emblematic Atapuerca site. Is about the 45th excavation campaign in this famous archaeological site located in the province of Burgos which, a century and a half after its discovery, continues to reveal true wonders. "Has been one of the most important in the history of the project", explained the co-directors of the deposit, Eudald Carbonell, José María Bermúdez de Castro and Juan Luis Arsuaga at the closing of this campaign, announced this Friday. Related news On this…

We have always associated a smile with happiness. But if we turn the tables and generate a debate similar to: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?, we can also ask ourselves the following question: Does smiling make us happier? Scientists have been working on this question for more than 35 years and the results have been very different. The first researchers, in 1988, came to the conclusion that smiling, simply imitating the movement with a pen in the mouth, did make us happier. That muscle tension fooled the brain. son Related news In recent years, scientists have tried…