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During sex, the male octopus immobilized the female with poison to avoid death

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/1358px-Hapalochlaena_fasciata_Toba3.jpg” alt=”During sex, the male octopus immobilized the female with poison to avoid death”/>Octopuses are antisocial creatures by nature. But when it comes to reproduction, a very intimate and at the same time dangerous rapprochement occurs between the male and the female, during which the “lady”

Andromeda Nebula's Dimmest Satellite Galaxy Discovered

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/andromeda_xxxv_zoomed_out.jpg” alt=”Andromeda Nebula Has the Faintest Satellite Galaxy”/>Two decades ago, astronomers discovered that large galaxies have small, barely noticeable satellites. It turned out that the Milky Way has dozens of them, and the Andromeda Nebula has almost 20. These ultra-faint “dwarfs” that accompany their giant hosts

The main motive that motivates people to exercise has been named

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/photo_2025-03-11_15-03-06.jpg” alt=”The main motive that motivates people to exercise has been named”/>Many people say that they exercise to maintain their health. However, scientists have found, using artificial intelligence and machine learning tools, that in fact, most people are motivated to exercise for a slightly different reason.

The number of child poisonings by the synthetic opioid fentanyl has increased dramatically in the US

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ca-times.brightspotcdn.jpeg” alt=”The number of poisonings of children with the synthetic opioid fentanyl has increased by an order of magnitude in the United States”/>A group of American researchers analyzed data on non-fatal cases of fentanyl exposure in children from 2015 to 2023. It turned out that their

Ancient volcanoes likely laid the foundation for an oxygen-rich atmosphere

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/volcanic-eruptions-oxygen-early-earth-atmosphere-1600.jpg” alt=”Ancient volcanoes likely laid the foundation for an oxygen-rich atmosphere”/>The atmosphere contains approximately 21 percent oxygen, without which life on our planet is impossible. However, billions of years ago, oxygen was practically absent there — the main component was carbon dioxide. Scientists have long been

Physicists have learned details about the balance between neurons that ensures optimal brain function

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/study-shows-that-a-bal-1.jpg” alt=”Physicists have learned details about the balance between neurons that ensures optimal brain function”/>A team of European scientists has found out how, from the point of view of information theory, the balance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons is configured to ensure optimal data encoding. They

Spider Venom Peptide Eases Mice's 'Vinegar Writhing'

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Untitled_Artwork_2-corr-1.jpg” alt=”Peptide from spider venom eased mice’s “vinegar cramps”/>Wildlife is a treasure trove of biologically active substances, and scientists continue to discover and describe new ones. Many of them may soon become drugs. A striking example is a new publication by Russian scientists in the journal

Scientists have tested whether people perceive the same color in the same way

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-08-14.29.13-1.jpg” alt=”Scientists have tested whether people perceive the same color in the same way”/>Whether one person sees colors exactly the same way another sees them remains a difficult question for researchers of human consciousness. They are trying to find out by indirect signs, for example, by

Dogs and humans found to have common genes linked to obesity

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/GettyImages-174519161.jpg” alt=”Dogs and humans have common genes associated with obesity”/>Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK), studying Labrador retrievers, have identified a number of obesity-related genes in these dogs that are also present in humans. According to scientists, the discoveries made help to better understand the

Russian scientists have found out what happens to our body in a standing position

<img src=”https://naked-science.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/photo-nic-ppy-j4h0h80-unsplash-scaled.jpg” alt=”Russian scientists have learned what happens to our body when we stand”/>Standing still is a process no less labor-intensive than walking. Not only do many muscles work to hold the body upright, the nervous system also functions intensively (compare how much easier it is to