Jan 2, 2025 · Mount Tambora is a stratovolcano on the Sumbawa island in Indonesia. The volcano resides along the Sunda Arc — a chain of volcanic islands. Though it has experienced several eruptions throughout history, Mount Tambora is famous for its eruption in 1815.

Feb 2, 2024 · Born into slavery in 1864, George Washington Carver is best known for his innovations in farming, soil restoration and peanuts.After the Civil War ended, Carver and his older brother James learned to read and write. Though his brother soon turned to farming, Carver focused on his studies and interest in botany — even learning how to mix herbal remedies and …

Apr 25, 2024 · When we eat foods with prebiotics, we don’t initially break them down completely. That’s where the microbiome comes in. Bacteria in the gut can metabolize the fiber-rich food, and this helps support a healthy balance of good gut bacteria as well as allow the good bacteria to produce metabolites.

Feb 6, 2024 · A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution found that for 300,000 years, humans used bear hides to protect themselves from the cold, which is the oldest example of using bear resources globally. From this study, it's suspected that hominids during the Middle Pleistocene may have used bear skins to protect themselves against unforgiving winters in …

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May 7, 2024 · Ozempic is an injectable treatment administered once a week. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) approved a smaller dose of the drug for treating diabetes in 2017, as well as a larger dose of the drug for treating obesity in 2021, branded under the name Wegovy.As GLP-1 agonists, their active ingredient is semaglutide, which mimics a naturally occurring …

Apr 16, 2024 · Nevertheless, Alcubierre’s work inspired others to look for alternative warp drives that might be physically possible. In 2021, physicists worked out how to make a warp drive using positive energy, although with unfeasibly high energy density.

Nov 4, 2024 · Nobody has seen the original list of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The Greek historian Herodotus and later Callimachus are purported to have created this list more than two millennia ago, but their original writings on this topic haven’t survived — we only know they included sites like the Colossus of Rhodes and the Lighthouse of Alexandria based on the …

Jul 31, 2024 · Proxima Centauri b, the closest known exoplanet to our solar system, orbits in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star, Proxima Centauri.It has a mass of 1.27 Earths, making it a super-Earth, a type of exoplanet with a mass larger than Earth's but significantly less than that of gas giants like Neptune or Jupiter.

Oct 4, 2022 · Known as the “sober curious,” a growing number of people are selectively quitting alcohol. It all began in 2013 with a challenge called “ Dry January,” during which participants took a month-long break from drinking following boozy holiday gatherings and rowdy New Year’s Eve parties. Typically, those who join the sober curious movement don’t consider themselves to …