Ecology

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The paradox of the sleeping beauty: the mental experiment

The paradox of sleeping beauty is a dilemma that questioned our certainties on Calculation of probability. Let’s imagine this situation: the beauty falls asleep on Sunday and is woken up on Monday or Tuesday based on the launch of a coin – if it comes out it will be woken up on Monday, if Tuesday comes out on Tuesday. Upon ...

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Why is Friuli-Venezia Giulia called if there is no Venice?

The flag of the Friuli -Venezia Giulia region, via Wikicommons Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a region of north-eastto be precise, is the most east region among all those of the North, and borders on Slovenia, Austria And Veneto. It is called “Venezia Giulia” for a historical and linguistic origin linked to the Roman era: in fact “Venice” recalls the ancient Roman ...

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The grammar of football: what are the 7 fundamental technical gestures

Any action that takes place with the ball in a football match can be traced back to 7 fundamental technical gestures: kick the ball, receive the ball, drive or conduct the ball, contrast, header, lateral and goalkeeper’s lateral and technique. All players unconsciously know the alphabet with which the language of football is written, or the set of movements that ...

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The year without summer began from a volcanic eruption: what happened in 1816 and the consequences

Summer temperature anomaly of 1816 (° C) compared to the average of the climate of the period 1971–2000; Via Wikimedia Commons THE’eruption of the Tambora volcanoin Indonesia, rendered 1816 a “year without summer” because of the large quantities of particulates released into the atmosphere, which absorbed the sunlight thus continuing the cold even in the summer months, in particular in ...

Il Castello di Neuschwanstein in Germania.

The Castle of Neuschwanstein, the history of the Ludovico II fairytale refuge of Bavaria

Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The Neuschwanstein Castlelocated at the foot of the Bavarian Alpsin Germany, is one of the most iconic and suggestive buildings in the world, known for his fairytale structure. Built between 1869 and 1886 at the behest of King Ludovico II of Bavaria, he reflects the love of the monarch for medieval legends and the works of ...

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The after -school creams work, but do not replace sun protection

Imagine having spent a day at the beach, you had fun, you made many bathrooms but you forgot to put the sun cream: After spending too much time under the sun, you will feel the red skin that pulls and it will seem to have a cardboard film on you. This is where ours intervenes DOSTEMOL CREAM: Almost out of ...

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What are the lines of Nazca and Palpa in Peru, the ancient geogliphs traced on the ground

The “monkey”. Credit: Diego Delso In the arid desert of Sechuranear the coast of Southern Peruamong the cities of Nazca And Palpathere is an area characterized by some very particular archaeological testimonies: the famous Nazca lines. It is geogliphs (not to be confused with the hieroglyphics, one of the first known forms of writing), or engravings drawn directly on the ...

Margareth Hamilton. Credit: NASA.

Margaret Hamilton and the software that helped to bring the man to the moon

Margaret Hamilton. Credit: NASA. When it comes to the landing on the moonthe collective imagination immediately runs to Neil Armstrong And to his famous “small step for a man, but a great leap for humanity”. But behind that goal there is much more than the heroism of the astronauts involved in the Alonunaggio: there is also the silent but decisive ...

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The attack on Hitler of 20 July 1944: the failure of the plan that would end the war

Credits: Bundesarchiv The most famous attack to Hitler It was that of July 20, 1944known as Valchiria operation and organized by a group of conspirators of conservative political ideology, intending to overturn Nazism and to put an end to the Second World War, which began in 1939. Lieutenant Colonel that day Claus von stuffenberg He placed a bomb at the ...