Ecology

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What is the witch award and because it is called this way: the name derives from a liqueur

Graphic representation generated with IA With the novel The anniversary, Andrea Bajani He became the winner of the Witch 2025 Prize. The Roman writer thus inscribes his name in the gold register of the famous literary prize (until now he has been won by 13 writers and 66 writers) conceived in the 1940s by the writer Maria Bellonci and reserved ...

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The oldest megalithic alignments in Europe are those of Carnac, in France

Kerlescan alignment, Carnac. Credit: Myrabella For the first time, with a new excavation campaign, it has been possible to do precisely date the Carnac megalithic sitein the North -western Franceone of the largest in the world: the beginning of the history of this site would even go back to 5700 BCmaking it the oldest megalithic monument in Europe. This region ...

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The asphalt does not dissolve, regrets: how the heat deformed a stretch of the A4 motorway

A hormaia on the asphalt. Asphalt dissolved on the highway because of the record heat? The news has been turning everywhere since yesterday, but the reality is that nothing has been melted. The high temperatures of these days have created Discomfort and kilometer queues in the A4 motorwaywhere at the height of Verona In the Brennero A22 junction in the ...

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What is Harry Potter’s Bezoario, where it is and what it was for

Mucca Bezoario preserved at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle in Perpignan; Credits Tylwyth Eldar; Via Wikimedia Commons The bezoar is a solid aggregate Which is formed in the gastrointestinal tract of some animals (and, more rarely, human beings), often composed of vegetable fibers, hair or other indigestible material. Considered at some cultures a talisman and an antidote, the bezoar, with which ...

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Sweat does not smell, the bad smell is caused by bacteria

Everyone thinks that the sweat stink but the reality is very different: the one that smells our body when we sweat are the bacteria present on our skin that “feed” of fat and of protein and transform them into Maleoding gasesoften containing sulfur. Basically they are flatulence of bacteria to stink, not sweat in itself. In fact, there are two ...