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WATER FOUND BURIED UNDER MARTIAN EQUATOR

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February 2024

New observations reveal what's inside the mysterious deposits hidden beneath giant formations on the Red Planet

WATER FOUND BURIED UNDER MARTIAN EQUATOR

Scientists have finally figured out what's hidden inside mysterious deposits buried beneath Mars's equator. Using new data gathered by the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter, scientists have discovered pockets of water ice that stretch for several kilometres underneath the Red Planet's surface.

The water ice was found beneath the Medusae Fossae formation. Mars Express has examined this part of the planet before, but when the orbiter last carried out observations of this area, 15 years ago, the results raised more questions than they answered.

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Picture infamous psychopaths from fiction, such as the eerily cold and calculating Patrick Bateman in the film adaptation of American Psycho, and they certainly seem like master deceivers. But what about real-life psychopaths? Research confirms that psychopaths are more inclined to lie to get what they want, and that they typically display a striking fearlessness - as if they have ice running through their veins.

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WHY DO WE HAVE TWO OF SOME ORGANS, BUT ONLY ONE OF OTHERS?

The majority of animals on Earth, humans included, are bilaterally symmetrical. It means we can be divided roughly into two mirror-image sides. Evolutionary biologists believe that it has been like that for at least 300 million years, and because life organised this way survived, so did symmetrical design. Hence, two eyes, two ears, two lungs and two kidneys.

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WHY DO CATS PREFER TO SLEEP ON THEIR LEFT?

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FORGET COUNTING CALORIES TRY THIS INSTEAD...

Calorie counting isn't just difficult, it's riddled with problems that make it practically useless for anyone trying to lose weight.But there are alternatives

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SIGNS OF LIFE

The more planets we find outside our Solar System, the better our chances are of finding life on one of them. But if there really is life out there, how do we spot it?

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Most of us have probably wanted to be cool at some point in our lives, and these efforts can have a big influence on the things we buy, the way we dress, the hobbies we invest in, the people we look up to and even the words we use.

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It's TIME to WAKE UP and SMELL the roses

What if the pursuit of happiness in the traditional sense – chasing wealth or power – is the very thing stopping you from being happy? Researchers are beginning to understand that spending time enjoying the simple things might be the secret ingredient to enjoying a happy, healthy life

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THE AARDVARK

In a time when people are being asked to consider eating insects, we should, perhaps, learn a thing or two from the aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Africa’s ant-guzzling gourmand. On an average night, the big-schnozzed mammal devours up to 50,000 of the crunchy critters.

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