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"How are you able to read world without vowels?" Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 30 May 2025, 2327 UTC. Content and Source:  "Life's Little Mysteries--Live Science."  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQbfVBKltdNHmzCKThGsHPrZGKj Site URL--https://www.livescience.com. Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.con). May 30, 2025 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE       Science questions, answered SIGN UP  ⋅     SHARE TODAY'S MYSTERY How are you able to read words without vowels? (Yagi Studio via Getty Images) "Ths sntnc s mssng ts vwls."  You likely figured out the words —  "this sentence is missing its vowels"  — even though they're lacking several letters of the alphabet. But how can you understand words without vowels?  Your  brain ...

"How is Roman concrete still standing after 2,000 years?' Views expressed in this science and technology update are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 16 May 2025, 2137 UTC. Content and Source:  "Life's Little Mysteries-Live Science."  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzQbfLSWRtXhjCQNfQjXxpJdncJJ Site URL--https://www.livescience.com. Please check email link, URL, or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://hawaiisciencejournal.blogspot.com). May 16, 2025 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE       Science questions, answered SIGN UP  ⋅     SHARE Today's mystery How is Roman concrete still standing after 2,000 years? The Romans built the Pantheon around 2,000 years ago, but it's so sturdy that people still use it to this day. (Jorg Greuel via Getty Images) Nearly two millennia after the height of the  Roman Empire , some of its structures are still standing. These marvels...