Ecology

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What is “liquid society” expected by Zygmunt Bauman in which we live today

A visual representation of what is called “liquid society”, in constant change. In the 2000the Polish sociologist Zygmunt Bauman published Liquid Modernity To describe modern society, opening a new interpretative chapter that would have influenced generations of scholars, philosophers, journalists and curious readers. Bauman claimed that modernity “solid”that founded on institutions stablestrong identities, lasting careers, consolidated social ties, was now ...

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Bartering a red staple with a two -story house: the absurd story of Kyle Macdonald

As absurd as it may seem, a Canadian man in 2006 managed to barter a Simple red graffette from office for a real two -story house. Was it a scam? Actually no: the protagonist of the story, Kyle Macdonald, He began to perform a series of exchanges online, trying to obtain objects with an increasingly high value every time, finally ...

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Where tobacco is produced and cultivated today, from the plant of the gods to consumer product

Although the tobacco be widely associated, in the collective imagination, al American continentit soon became a product a planetary diffusion. Already in the colonial era, the Europeans contributed to his overseas marketing and to the creation of a flourishing industry stimulated by the strong growth of his demand derivative products (cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, just to name a few). With ...

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What is the pentagram, from a musical symbol to sign the occult and esotericism

When it comes to “staff”many people confuse i Two symbols very different between loco, accounted for only by the name and reference to number five. On the one hand we find the musical pentagramthat is, the set of five parallel horizontal lines use to write music, on the other the esoteric pentagramor the five -pointed star traced with a single ...

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The science of seasickness: because there is nausea on the boat and how to prevent it

The technical term of the “seasickness” is kinetosisa common syndrome characterized by nausea, dizziness and vomitwhich was born in response to the movement physicist or apparent: this means that it can arise both when we find ourselves on something that moves – be it a ship, a plane or a car – but also when we are facing screen of ...

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The longest word in the world and other very long words

There longest word in the world It would be an English term that defines the chemical name of the titinaa protein, and it is so long that to pronounce it in full, it takes from 2 to 3 hours. This word, which is difficult to write in full because it would occupy several dozen pages on Word, is MethionyLthreonyLthreonyl (…) ...

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Because in China you eat dog meat

The dog meat consumption In some areas of the China has long aroused conflicting reactions, especially by theinternational public opinion. The truth is that, in the past, the dog was one accessible food source It is functional to survival, so much so that some breeds were raised precisely for food consumption, and in some areas these habits have survived until ...

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The puncture of the pound or spider fish: the effects of poison and what to do

You are at the sea and walk in the water on a low sandy backdrop, when suddenly feel a pain in the foot, which in a short time becomes excruciating … you have just had an unfortunate encounter with one poundor spider fish, a small fish equipped with poisonous bitterness on the backwhich uses for purposes defensive. Even if the ...

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Why is the wedding dress white? History and tradition of this custom

In our culture, thewedding dress is traditionally white Although there is no rule that imposes it – in fact brides can also dress in other colors on the wedding day – the fruit of fashion and some social choices is the immaculate shade Symbol of purity and innocence. The white color actually represents the nobility: guarantee the cleaning of a ...