Eating yogurt every now and then is healthy due to the lactic ferments that help our bacterial flora, especially when they are alive. But, don't these lactic ferments die in

The pain women feel when giving birth is a very intense one when compared to the pain females from other species feel. Why is this so? Question sent by ENRIC CABRERA

Conspiracy theories claim that the HIV was manufactured in a laboratory

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Question sent by ALONSO SÁNCHEZ POLO. PAU CARAZO answers: Until the onset of puberty, when feminine hormone release triggers the development of breasts in women, the development of mammary glands happens

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Question sent by REMEI CALABUIG (Albaida, Valencia). EDUARDO MARTÍNEZ answers: The burning sensation is a sensory reaction to a process of heat transfer from a heat source —whether a piece of

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By the window of a country house I found two celeoptera performing an incomprehensible dance for me: the female was licking the tip of the male's elytra  (the picture shows

Taking into account that each day of the week is dedicated to a wandering star easily visible, why is the order Moon - Mars - Mercury - Jupiter - Venus

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