85 Percent of What We Worry About Never Happens

Five hundred years ago, Michel de Montaigne said: “My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.” Now there’s a study that proves it.  Study Results This study looked into how many of our imagined calamities never materialize. In this study, subjects were asked to write down their worries over an…

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How Genetically Related Are We to Bananas?

For this particular experiment, scientists first looked at the sequences of genes in a typical banana genome. “We then used these DNA sequences to predict the amino acid sequence of all the proteins that would be made from those genes,” Brody says, noting that the protein sequences were placed in a file. “We then did…

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Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize.

Maria Ressa, Dmitry Muratov awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize: Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov have been awarded the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize “for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression”. which the Norwegian Nobel Committee called a “precondition for democracy and lasting peace.” Announcing the name of the peace prize laureates, Norwegian Nobel Committee chair…

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Mindblown:fascinating fun facts.

fascinating fun facts: Here, in absolutely no rational order, are things fascinating fun facts. Some of these facts will make you say “Duh! I knew that!” and some will leave you thinking “hashtag mind blown!” Beer was a soft drink: Beer was a soft drink in Russia until 2013. In 2011, president Dmitry Medvedev signed a…

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