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And you, also "procrastins"?

And you? Procrastines too? If you don't, we are sure that you know someone who does it continuously and that, surely, makes you despair.But what does this disturbing word really mean? Let's give an example: you have been dating a person for a long time, you make plans for the future, you have many illusions and projects, however, your partner never seems to decide.He is unable to formalize your relationship because something like that, not only overwhelms him, but even He is lazy. "Are we not well like that?" I often reproach you. Let's give another example: you may have the classic friend who never seems to finish his studies.It is easy to be an "eternal" university student who faces the responsibilities and anxieties of the working world. And what about people who spend all their time in front of a computer screen letting out "real life" ? Sometimes, it is much easier to let ourselves go, evading responsibilities, than to put means t...

5 things we only know who are nearsighted

Are you nearsighted? How many diopters do you have? If you wear glasses, you will surely have lived that decisive moment in which your visual specialist told you that you are myopic and that from then on, your life was going to be clarified thanks to some glasses.Those walking spots in the distance are over, and those blackboards that you could not read at school. If you are nearsighted, we are sure that you will identify with any of these dimensions. Would you add any more? 1.That comes from afar...Is he my father? Is he my teacher Is she my grandmother? How to deny it? If you are nearsighted since your childhood, we are sure that on more than one occasion you voluntarily forgot your glasses at home .You were in that age when you had not yet accepted them and in which you thought that taking them made you very unattractive. And you launched yourself into the world, to that world where distances are blurred, and people are little more than blurred masses with two legs (Al...

The most dangerous sexual posture is ... VERY COMMON!

It is not to be frightened, but injuries in the virile member due to certain positions in intimate relationships are more common than is believed .The funny thing is that these accidents do not occur due to complicated or extravagant postures, extracted from the Kamasutra or the fiery imagination of some couples, but to some of the most frequent in romantic encounters. The most dangerous sexual posture is...VERY COMMON! A study conducted in Brazil and published by the magazine Advances of Urology determined that more than 50% of the accidents in intimate relationships that lead to a penile fracture occur when the woman is up , sitting astride the man (the "cowgirl") and it is she who controls the rate of penetration. In these cases, the male instrument may trip over the pubic bone and bend violently .The possibility of an incident of this kind may increase if the woman is very heavy and when there is also little lubrication. «Our study supports the fact tha...

Flirt: 5 science tips

What advice would you give someone about flirting? The truth is that we are genetically predisposed to flirt.If there is no flirting, there is no sex, and if there is no sex, there is no reproduction.So, the survival of the species depends on our flirting.What are the basic keys to this natural courtship? Join us to discover them! COQUETEAR: 5 science tips 1.Eye contact This is the most important component of flirting .Looking at someone directly in the eyes shows that you are paying special attention, and also attracts the eye of the other subject. But please, don't turn it into a contest if there is someone who can stand longer without blinking, you can scare someone. 2.Body language When we talk about flirting, what we say is not very important.In fact, according to one study, what we have is only 7% in weight, as we say 38% , And our body language 55% ! According to this, people who are better at flirting demonstrate the so-called "social domain...

Eating a hearty breakfast can help you lose weight, according to science

The search for a healthy life is for many a tortuous and difficult way to find, but thanks to research, scientists have been able to reveal that the key to losing weight could be in an abundant breakfast. Find out why. Scientists say that eating a hearty breakfast is the secret to losing weight The results of a study that lasted for seven years suggest that the key to a Healthy weight is in making breakfast the biggest meal of the day . According to Simmons College nutrition professor in the United States, Rachele Pojednic, Ph.D, the main fuel for the brain is glucose , which is obtained by eating food, predominantly high in carbohydrates, but if the brain's glucose supply is cut off, it will cause blood sugar fall, making one feel tired, irritable and unable to concentrate. S However, the mood and efficiency of work is not the only reason why it is advisable to stick to a regular daily eating schedule.Fasting only means that the body gets excited when it is finally gi...

6 Things that only happen in North Korea

There are places in the world that seem surreal to us.One of them is North Korea, where things happen under the mandate of Kim Jong-un that seem to be taken out of a horror movie like the ones we tell you below. 28 haircuts In North Korea there are only 28 haircuts allowed, such is the dictator's control over such personal and unimportant aspects as this.Men have 14 haircuts and can have a maximum length of 4 centimeters.Single women should wear it short. Both the cultivation and consumption of marijuana is legal Curious, taking into account the strict and extensive list of restrictions imposed by the dictator in his country. Ultra-powerful leaders Citizens must believe, and if not more they pretend well, that the leaders have supernatural powers. Since childhood they are told all kinds of stories, away from the re alidad, with the aim of making them submissive and fully controllable by the system. One of the examples is that of the father of the current ruler ...

Could there be a scientific basis for reincarnation?

reincarnation is a belief that consists in believing that the soul, spirit or individual energy, once the person dies, adopts another material body.He has been present in the history of mankind since his early, especially developing in Eastern religions. Buddhism, Hinduism or Taoism , for example, believe that the person who has died will appear again in another body.Some researchers have focused their studies on this possible transmigration, trying to find out if... Could there be a scientific basis for reincarnation? Reincarnation seen from science E l Dr.Jim Tucker, professor of psychiatry and neurological behavior sciences at the University of Virginia, has tried to find out if there could be a scientific basis for the belief in the reincarnation or transmigration.In this link you can read the interview c The NPR station did it completely.In English, Dr.Tucker explains that since the 1990s they are studying cases of possible reincarnations and that more than 2,500...

What are the most deadly martial arts? Do you know them?

Have you practiced any martial art? These practices came a long time ago and with different purposes ; some as a way of maintaining spiritual harmony and others as a means of self-defense or with more violent purposes, since they were created to kill, turning the body into a lethal weapon.Know the most deadly martial arts! What are the deadliest martial arts? Do you know them? Muay Thai It originated in Thailand about 2000 years ago and 8 points of contact are used in the body ; two points, elbows, knees and feet. Kicks pose the greatest risk, as they can injure the spine. Sambo It originated in Russia and means “self defense without weapons.” It comes from different traditional fighting styles such as Judo, Chidaoba and Mongolian Khapsagay, and was quite thought, in particular by Lenin, who brought together a group of experts to create a fighting style that allowed them to protect themselves from the Red Army. The opponents can suffer great physical damage due to t...

Worms rain in Norway!

Can you imagine a rain in which instead of falling water fall bugs and animals? Well, it has happened in several parts of the globe, and in this entry of Science Daily Online we tell you, don't miss it! The soil of Norway is full of worms Many times, individuals from all over the world have witnessed rains in which in addition to having water, they were accompanied by animals of all kinds.One of the latter cases has surprised many when they have seen worms fall on the ground in Norway . One of the first people to realize this strange phenomenon was Karstein Erstad, a professor of biology, who watched as worms fell to the ground surface while he was skiing in the mountains near the town of Bergen.According to his testimony: “When I saw the worms in the snow, it seemed that they had no life, but when I took one of them, I saw that it moved and was alive ”, I comment to the local newspaper of the city, collected by Daily Mail. After giving their testimony, other pe...

The last hell on Earth: Gitarama

Nowadays there are still some reconditos places that we could qualify as real hell. Forgotten spaces by humanitarian organizations, by politicians, by bold journalists...Dark corners that live in that underworld of legality , which is almost better not to know, so as not to be ashamed and avoid becoming more aware of how far the human being can go. Today we want to talk to you about Gitarama prison .that many facts are not easy to assimilate, and that we have preferred to omit photographs, which on some occasion have been able to seep over what happens in this prison in Rwanda. Today, we invite you to take an uncomfortable walk through the last circle of the hell of Africa. The last hell of the Earth: the jail of Gitarama This is how they usually describe this jail located in a corner of the jungle from Rwanda in Africa.While it is true that some A humanitarian organization has denounced the case, for now, the only thing that has been achieved is the promise that the faci...

The trait of children who could be adult psychopaths

A new study suggests that there is a way to know if children could grow up and become adult psychopaths through identification a particular personality trait. With This feature could predict whether children will be adult psychopaths According to research led by University College London, if your child tends not to laugh when others do, then runs a higher risk of becoming in psychopath when I grow up. Although lead study author Essi Viding, a professor at UCL, clarified that it is not appropriate to label psychopaths , he says who know that there are certain children who are at greater risk of developing psychopathy. One of the signs to identify psychopathy, which can only develop specifically in adulthood, is the lack of empathy , that is the ability to understand and share the emotions of others at a Intuitive level. To discover if this lack of empathy can be detected in young children from 11 to 16 years old, the team of psychologists recruited 62 of them with dis...

WATCH OUT! 5 Sexually transmitted diseases

Throughout human history, sexually transmitted diseases have taken a very important place despite being silenced.With the arrival of HIV have taken protective measures that have contributed to the containment of many other infections that, although not as serious, have to be controlled for health damage they cause.They are usually infectious diseases that are transmitted-with exceptions-by having sexual contact and in some cases they can be epidemic . CAUTION! 5 Sexually transmitted diseases 1.Gonorrhea According to statistics, in the United States, it is the second most common disease.The cause is a bacteria called gonococcus .Its main symptom is the exudate of a liquid yellowish by the urethra . It can also affect the rectum, the pharynx and conjunctive mucous membranes.It is detected with a very rapid test and does not disappear, if proper treatment is not applied. 2.Sifilis The guilty bacteria is called "treponema pallidum" and w...

How long is love?

How long does love last? The eternal question of those who are in love.Does love last for a lifetime? Does it last 2, 4, 7 years? How long does love last for us? According to anthropologist Helen Fisher love comes to last for some 4 years .Just that first period of infatuation in which the sexual attraction is very important and in which at the end, touching the 4 years, there is offspring., then, in the second phase which is the carino , in which together we raise and educate, and in which that initial sensation fades away.Finally, comes the desire for separation.And, According to this anthropologist, this process is natural, since our organism cannot bear for a long time the ferris wheel of sensations that we feel, due to the chemistry that is generated when we fall in love : the high levels of dopamine, testosterone and norepinephrine that our brain secretes.That is why they have an expiration date: between 1 and 4 years! Researchers at the University of Pisa al...

5 great inventions made by women

It may seem that women have been for centuries away from the great ideas that make the world progress, but is not like that .In Science Daily Online we have already seen how women have actively collaborated in this development, and this time we bring you 5 great inventions made by women that we believe will surprise you. 5 great inventions made by women 1.The Monopoly The Monopoly, the board game par excellence, that has gathered environment at a table for several generations, he was devised by a woman: Lizzie Magie in 1903 .Lizzie patented it in 1904 with the name "The Landlord's Game".With the intention to teach the economist's thesis Henry George .A few years later, Charles Darrow made a version of Atlantic C ity, which I call Monopoly, to try to sell it to Parker Brothers, which I finally got. In the legal investigations for a litigation that the toy company kept with the creator of the Anti-Monopoly, it was discovered that really the ...

The fearsome and unknown failure of Cascadia

The failure of Cascadia may not be as well known as the San Andres fault, but the truth is that it can be as or more lethal than the latter.It is estimated that it can cause earthquakes above 9 degrees and tsunamis that devastate the coast, as happened in 2011 in Japan. The fearsome and unknown failure of Cascadia The Cascadia fault is located off the northwest coast of the United States.It is an underwater fault that has an approximate length of 1,100 km.It covers from the province of the British Columbia to Northern California. The Cascadia fault is not as well known as that of San Andres, perhaps this is because it has not been active in relatively recent years.In fact, according to a study of coastal sediments, pu do establish that the last mega-earthquake that generated this fault occurred in 1700 . This submarine fault is in the well-known Pacific Fire Belt , place in which 90% of the earthquakes in the world occur.In addition, several researchers have estima...

The language of cats, do you know how to interpret it?

Cats are some fun and great pets , some friends and unique companions that never stop surprise us with their mohines and a thousand ways to get our attention or look around any corner of the house.Living with our cats reveals their personality, behavior and how they express themselves to communicate with us.Researchers have made numerous studies on the behavior of cats and have concluded that, far from being cold or uncommunicative animals, cats are as expressive as dogs . How cats communicate with us The research of the University of California has highlighted c Like many of the cat's behaviors, they are misunderstood by their owners.So, cats don't always purr when they're happy, they also do it when they're hurt or sick. Purring would mean a request for care and honey. Another way to get our attention is also to rub against our legs to greeting mode when we return home.Researchers have noted that it is a common behavior among wild cats and is a kind ...

Why do bananas grow up?

Once in Science Daily Online we talk about the plants with huge leaves, this time we want to clear the curious question of why bananas grow upwards? A tree that caused fascination The Arabs and the Greeks baptized it as an extraordinary fruit tree and in the year 327 BC, Alexander the Great and his army found it in India.The truth is that banana is a giant herb from the same lilac family, but have you ever wondered why bananas grow up? Continue reading this article and we will tell you all the secrets of this wonderful fruit. The origins According to the story, the wise people who inhabited India rested in their shadow and fed with its fruit.That is why they named it the fruit of the wise .But how do I get to other continents? The answer is that people who engaged in trade in Arabia moved the roots of the banana or banana to the east coast of Africa.Alli was discovered by the Portuguese that took her to the Canary Islands where they owned their settlements. The...

Do you believe in the "Law of Attraction"?

Attracting love, money, luck...Do you think it is possible? Books like "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne, highlight a reality that has become fashionable again in recent years.It is quite possible that you have already heard of the "law of the attraction », and although it is true that the subject is not new and that is nourished by the« echo » of many principles of Hinduism or theosophy, it is an aspect that seems to motivate or At least interest many people. To think that nothing happens by chance, and that in the universe there are forces that we are all part of, is something common in many cultures .However, with the "Law of Attraction" we go one step further to prioritize that thought capable of attracting what we want. Within this approach, we must make it clear that we are not talking about "Magic" but of energy , of a magnetic power capable of attracting equal forces.If I "think positive ", if I focus my attention on getting...

10 characteristics of successful people

Success is not measured by how bulky the bank account is, but by the impact of your actions, by the passion you print to what is your life engine and by the degree of satisfaction you get with the conquest of your goals.All without losing your essence or moral values, much less disrespecting others. Successful people are characterized by believing in themselves, knowing exactly what they want and their determination at the time of going after it.In Science Daily Online we tell you some traits of successful people who may inspire you to go for more. 10 characteristics of successful people Successful people they also give up If, as incongruous as it may seem at first glance, successful people give up, but in the face of what does not work for them in the course of pursuing their dreams. In Ultimately, if it is necessary to recognize that something did not work and that they must start from scratch, they will do it, because within them is the conviction that this way they will...

Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others?

If when you are with a group of people, mosquitoes only bite you and not others, surely you have wondered what you have done to have such bad luck.Science explains it to you! Popular legend says that mosquitoes bite people with the sweetest blood , but this has nothing to do with reality.Mosquitoes bite some people more than others by different causes. Carbon dioxide According to a study published by Nature, mosquitoes have olfactory cells called CPA neurons , which are capable of detecting the amount of carbon dioxide we emit, one of the main factors that they take into account when selecting their victims. A human being generates every day around of a kilogram of CO2 , and every time you exhale, about 13 times per minute, it produces more than one hundred milligrams, although the exact amount depends on the metabolism, diet and physical exercise performed by the person in question. For mosquitoes, a greater amount of carbon dioxide means that there is a lot of fresh ...