Ecology

HeLa cells

Henrietta Lacks immortal cells: the history of Hela between scientific progress and ethical dilemmas

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 ...

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Akon City, the 6 billion dollar city flop in Senegal designed by a rapper

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 ...

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The largest Easter egg in the world weighs 7.2 tons, is 10 meters high and is Italian

Credit: GWR THE’largest edible Easter egg in the world measure 10.39 meters highhas a maximum circumference of 19.6 meters and weighs well 7 200 kilograms. This dark chocolate confectionery giant was presented to the public on the public April 16, 2011 at the shopping center The steel millsin the province of Bergamo, entering the Guinness World Record. Making a confectionery ...

palazzo spostato romania

That time in Alba Iulia, in Romania, a 7600 tons building was moved: here’s how

In 1987 in Romaniain the city of Alba Iulia, An entire building was moved Of 7 600 tons about 55 meters with respect to the original position to allow the construction of a avenue. The operations were coordinated by theEngineer Eugen Iordăchescuand the “move” took place by doing flow the structure of the building on tracks specially mounted for the ...

democrazia e repubblica

What is the difference between democracy and republic: nearby concepts, but not synonyms

Democracy And republic They are two forms of government often considered synonymous with each other, but in reality they are not: in fact they share the concepts of popular sovereignty and of Active participation of citizensthey can coexist, but they are not conceptually superimposable. Democracy and Republic are two forms of government which, rooted in distant eras, continue to evolve ...

cannabis

What are the countries where cannabis is legal: this is where the use of marijuana is granted

There are currently about 219 million people consuming cannabis worldwide, they can do it legallybut only astherapeutic copothe citizens of Italy, Albania, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Greece, Israel; Instead in Canada, Georgia, Germany, Malta, Mexico, South Africa, Thailand and Uruguay Cannabis It is also legal for recreational purposes. The production of the various products related to it is constantly ...

forest bathing natura

What is the Forest Bathing and what are the benefits of a walk in nature

The days stretch and the temperatures rise. Why not take advantage of it for a nice walk in nature? The Forest Bathingliterally bathroom in the forestsbut more simply “spending time in nature” is a Japanese practice born in the 1980s with the name of Shinrin-Yoku (SY) which soon spread in the West. According to some studies, the Forest Bathing it ...

digital markets act

What is the EU DMA and why the regulation will allow interoperability between WhatsApp and Telegram

The Digital Markets Act (Dma), which entered into force on 1 November 2022, is a European regulation that aims to regulate large digital platforms, defined as “Gatekeeper”in order to guarantee a fair market. Presented by the European Commission in December 2020, it is one of the most ambitious initiatives of theEuropean Union in the technological and digital field of recent ...