Pallas’s Cat (Manul)

Pallas’s Cat

The cat was one of the first animals tamed by humans. Archaeologists found the skeleton of a domestic cat in the ruins of Jericho, one of the oldest cities in history. However, not all cats are tamed by humans. The wild Pallas’s cat, (also known as the manul), named after the German naturalist Peter Palas, is one of them. Peter Palas discovered and described this animal in detail in his notes. Today’s article is about this unusual wild and big cat.

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Resonance in Physics: Explanation in Simple Language

Resonance

Why are the soldiers, who usually march in front step when crossing the bridge, are ordered to go “at ease”? Because marching across the bridge, they can destroy it. This happens due to an interesting physical phenomenon – resonance. However, the phenomenon of resonance is actively used not only in physics. For example, the term “public resonance” means the reaction of a large number of people to some event, political, economic, or social. But in our article, we will talk specifically about physical resonance, its significance in physics, causes, and the most striking examples from life.

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Mosquito

Mosquito

Mosquito is a very ancient representative of the fauna of our planet. These small flying bloodsuckers have bothered dinosaurs, and today they are no less annoying. In our article, you’ll learn everything about mosquitoes: habitats, diet, appearance, reproduction, and so on.

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Paramecium Caudatum – the Most Complex of the Simplest

Paramecium Caudatum

Life on our planet is characterized by an incredible variety of all kinds of living organisms, sometimes having an incredibly complex structure. All this diversity of life: from the simplest insects and plants to us, people (the most «complex organisms») consist of cells, these small bricks of living matter. If a human is the crown of biological evolution, then it will be very interesting to investigate its beginning: the simplest unicellular organisms which at the dawn of history became the founders of all life. The paramecium caudatum (along with amoeba) is one of the most famous simple unicellular creatures. What are the characteristics of the paramecium? What do paramecia eat? How do paramecia reproduce? Read on about all this below.

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