Ecology

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Valentine’s Day, the day of lovers: the history of the saint of love

The day of Saint Valentine It is an anniversary celebrated every year the February 14th To celebrate love and union between couples and lovers. Although it is not a holiday in any country, it is considered an official party in the Anglican communion and in the Lutheran Church. The celebration would take its name from Valentine’s Day, Bishop of Ternihistorical ...

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Pale Blue Dot: the history of the iconic photo of the earth taken from 6 billion km away

Credits: NASA/JPL – CALTECH. “Look again that dot. It’s here. It’s home. It’s us. (…) On it, (…) Every human being who has ever existed has lived his own life”. With these words, the famous astronomer and popularizer Carl Sagan celebrated theiconic photography of the earthknown as Pale Blue Dot (“pale blue dot” in Italian). After 35 years, this image ...

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Amerigo Vespucci: history, details and journey of the “most beautiful ship in the world”

There Amerigo Vespucci school ship It is to date the oldest sailing ship in service of the Italian Navy. Launched the February 22, 1931his motto – assigned in 1978 – is “Not who begins but what persevere”attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. Appealed not by chance “The most beautiful ship in the world”, The Amerigo Vespucci is a spectacular sailing ship ...

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As the phenomenon of imprinting was discovered: the true story of Konrad Lorenz and the goose Martina

Konrad Lorenz and the goose Martina. THE’imprintingused for the first time by the ethologist Konrad Lorenzdescribes a particular form of early learning for exposure, observed in various animal species, according to which babies recognize how mother the first stimulus in motion observed immediately after birth. An essential contribution to discovering imprinting is attributed to Martinaa wild eye that “chose” Lorenz ...

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Why do you say “to be at green”?

“Green“O “Stay green” they are among the most used expressions in Italy to say that “You don’t have a euro“, Or that in general you do not have sufficient funds to face a situation. To explain the origins of this widespread phrase, different theories have been proposed with each other who have all a trait in common: the association of ...

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Is it true that dry plums help to go to the bathroom?

The prunesor rather dehydrated, have always been considered a remedy for those with problems of constipation. Do you think that even in 1878 a preparation based on medicated plums for constipation was sold and bile disorders (such as flatulence, swelling and reflux). From a scientific point of view, several studies confirm this effect, linked to the presence of some substances, ...

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How instant transfers work and what are the risks

Since last month i instant transfers – or those that allow the transfer of sums up to 100,000 euros in 10 seconds And that can be made 24 hours a day and 7 days a week – they cannot have extra commissions compared to ordinary wire transfers, all banks are obliged to receive them and can also be used to ...

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INPS warns of the new scam via email on the fake bonus of 715 €: how to defend yourself from phishing

THE’INPS (National Social Security Institute) recently reported a New attempt to scam which exploits the pretext of a alleged bonus of 715 euros To deceive users and subtract them sensitive data. It is in the case of a phishing attempt, a fraudulent technique that consists in sending apparently official communications to induce victims to reveal personal information. In this case, ...