​Chivalry isn’t dead, but neither are we ashamed of sexism ● Great news for flying enthusiasts! ● Hypotheses about the origin of our solar system simply change

Chivalry isn’t dead, but neither are we ashamed of sexism

Two Israeli universities, one in Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion University in Be’er Sheva, conducted a series of studies that yielded at least some interesting results in terms of what it means for men to help women and vice versa.

Specifically, 566 men and women took part in an online experiment in which they were offered an amount of $10 to share with people in need. In this case, it was assumed that the fire had spread to the surrounding area. Participants were then asked to donate a portion of that amount to certain types of people: a woman whose house burned down, or a woman whose business burned down in a fire. And here begins the most interesting.

It turned out that 62% of men, that is two out of three, would offer money to a woman who lost her home. In the case of the woman who lost her business, less than half of the men would be willing to help with money, or 45%. The result was translated into men’s desire not to jeopardize their dominance.

If necessary, they will agree to the role of a defender, they will be ready to help a woman in need, but not one who will become materially stronger than them. In short, chivalry is not dead. That’s why men open doors for women, that’s why they help them in hard work, but we are more acacia when it comes to helping a woman become stronger than them. Why, researchers say… sexism. By the way, men would at least help each other if one of them had a business failure. Competition.

In the case of women who had to contribute money, no particular differences were observed. Everyone would be helped equally. Which is surprising, given that experts expected certain biases about how women would help each other, especially when it comes to business. Maybe they should retake the test. We all know that it takes several experiments to reach the final result.

Great news for flying enthusiasts!

For those of you who are into flies, hold on to your seats because today is your lucky day! Zoologist Rainer Willmann of the Museum of Zoology at the University of Göttingen has just announced in the journal Contributions to Entomology, that is, not anywhere, the discovery of a completely unknown species of flies. And not just any fly, but a scorpion.

Don’t pop the champagne just yet because we have more to say! This species lives in Nepal, is over three centimeters long, and also has a tail similar to a scorpion’s tail, and is the first species of this species to be announced in 200 years.

Although they sound fierce, scorpions have this tail for mating, not for stinging you, which makes them extremely cute. Speaking of tasty, don’t jump just yet, the fly has just been found. It will take a little more time until gastronomic recipes with her in the foreground appear.

And the good news for insect lovers does not end there!

When I said it was a big day for those with flies, with insects, I really didn’t mince words. Here, surprises follow one after another for them, as if Christmas had come. More specifically, a group of researchers from the University of Oregon, USA, announced in the journal Biology that they discovered an entirely new species of beetle.

Please, not brand new, it is about 30 million years old, it has since disappeared, but it is brand new to science. This beetle, discovered in a piece of amber in the Dominican Republic, is a real miracle, because it has sex cells with it. Hey!!! So, if Americans start reviving prehistoric species, the corresponding beetle called Supella dominicana will be one of the favorites to grace your future outdoor walks.

The question from specialists is to some extent justified. I mean, why are these cockroaches gone when they thrive today even with a whole tube of spray on their head like ice cream? Well, there is no answer to that question.

Today, cockroaches are extremely hardy. We have over 4,000 species to choose from, they can live headless for a week, support 900 times their own weight, and withstand radiation levels that would turn you into radioactive soup. Those who disappear probably do so simply because they are bored.

Assumptions about the origin of our solar system are simply changing

At the edge of our solar system is the so-called Oort Cloud, named after its discoverer in 1950, the Dutchman Jan Oort. According to the data available to us, the Oort cloud consisted exclusively of icy celestial objects or icy planetesimals. In fact, the Oort cloud would be the source of most of the comets we see.

In principle, absolutely all objects that came from there consisted of ice, hence the mentioned hypothesis. The surprise came last year when astronomers spotted a meteorite that originated in the Oort cloud but was made of rock. And it completely changes the paradigm because, lo and behold, rocks can apparently coexist with ice bodies where their existence was ruled out. This means a new approach to the formation of our solar system.

How did experts come to this conclusion? A simple calculation of the trajectory of a meteorite that crossed the sky over the United States. Its trajectory was found to resemble that of long-period comets known to originate in the Oort Cloud. So the meteorite also came from there. In addition, the same experts calculated that there will be not one meteorite, but many of them. And this is completely incompatible with the traditional model of the formation of the solar system. The new model is currently being worked on, but we will keep you posted.

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