The Return trip effect (effect of the return journey) is a common psychological phenomenon that occurs when we have the feeling that the journey returning from a destination less than the first leg, despite the distance traveled and the actual time used are identical. To date, i neurobiological correlated of this effect have not yet been clarified, but several studies ...
The eyes of the seppia (Sepia Officinalis) have one pupil horizontal crack with one “W” form in conditions of full light, while it becomes big and circular when they are in the dark in the absence of light. The common cuttlefish is a cephalopode with a wide and slightly flattened body, characterized by the typical limestone internal shell, the so ...
The origin of cheese dates back to thousands of years ago, probably between 8 000 and 5 000 years ago, when the first breeders discovered that the milktransported into animal stomachs, turned spontaneously into a cheese, thanks to the action of the rennet. It is a mixture of enzymes, present in the final portion of the ruminant stomach, which favors ...
Pope Francisto the century Jorge Mario Bergogliohe died today April 21, 2025 at 7:35 at the age of 88 after 12 years of pontificate at Casa Santa Marta, in Rome, where he recently returned after being hospitalized at the Gemelli hospital. Born a Buenos Aires The December 17th 1936. After graduating, in 1958 he entered as novice in the company ...
In the Western movies We often see “rotary shrubs” that move in the desert between cowboy and sheriffs pushed by the wind, i rollacampi or “tugerweed“But what are they actually? It is not a pile of tangled sticks but of particular vegetable structures of some plants which, once dry and for the end of the life cycle, yes they detach ...
“Mayday“It is the term that is used in radio and telefphony communications to report a particularly serious emergency and a request for urgent help, especially in the event of a plane or naval crash. But what is the origin of this word and why has it been chosen to communicate a request for help? Mayday, corresponding to the signal SOSderives ...
Have you ever wondered why some people can’t get closer to a cat without starting to sneeze? It is a real allergic crisis And the culprit is a particular protein call Fel d 1, produced by the cat and salivary glands of the cat. The allergiesin general, are the result of a hyperactive immune system that exchanges harmless substances (Allergens) ...
The horseshoe It is one of the most common symbols to wish “Good luck“, It is a tool used since the Middle Ages for make the equines “more efficient”: of iron or plastic and shaped U, nailed or paste to the clogs to prevent them from consuming – which happens very often because domestic horses are generally forced to walk ...
Hela cells marked with fluorescent proteins for the nucleus (blue), microtubules (green) and the Golgi apparatus (orange). Credit: National Institutes of Health (NiH), from Wikimedia Commons Henrietta Lacksan African American tobacco cultivator died on October 4, 1951 at the age of 31 due to a uterine cervix cancer particularly aggressive, but his cellHela cells, continue to live still today and ...
Credit: Shukuru Amos The rapper and record producer Akon (at the registry office Alioune Badara Thiam) planned the construction of a huge city in Senegal from the value of 6 billion dollars: Akon City. This metropolis draws inspiration both from the eccentric Middle Eastern capitals and from Wakanda – Fantastic country in which Marvel Blockbuster is set Black Panther. Apparently ...