To date, based on our knowledge, the quantity of gold And silver that i conquistadors Spaniards took away from native populations of the Americas it just is estimable. The most reasonable estimates quantify in 100 tons of gold mined or raided between 1492 and 1560. As for silver, much more common of gold on the American continent, the tons extracted ...
Recently the scientific community has been wondering about the risks associated with “Mirror bacteria”, i.e. synthetic bacterial forms made up of identical molecules, but mirroring those present in nature. It should be emphasized that, currently, these bacteria do not exist and therefore it is improper to give an exact definition, but in the future they could be synthesized with bioengineering ...
Martin Luther Kingborn in Atlanta in 1929 and murdered in Memphis in 1968 from James Earl Ray (a affiliated with the American Cosa Nostra), was a Protestant pastor and the leader best known of the blacks of the United States of America. He fought against the racial segregation applied until the 1960s in a vast sector of the USA (his ...
January 6th is approaching and with it the Epiphany, the day on which according to Christian tradition the Three Wise Men arrive to bring their gifts to Jesus: gold, myrrh and – precisely – incense. Incense is the gift brought by Melchior, probably a symbol of divinity and incorruptibility of Jesus. It is a mixture of oleoresinsgums, but also bark ...
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion are a pamphlet made by police officers of Tsarist Russia copying a French text of political satire and other documents. The Protocols contain the minutes of the alleged meetings held by representatives of the Jewish communities in the Jewish cemetery in Prague to establish how to dominate the world. The falsification was proven ...
The Electronic Health Record or, much more simply, ESFis a digital tool that collects and organizes data and documents relating to the health of every citizen, allowing centralized and secure access to one’s medical history. Think of the ESF as a personal repository that not only makes it easier to track your health information, but also promotes more effective, personalized ...
The Buddhism is one of the world’s oldest and most influential spiritual and philosophical traditions, originating in northern India in the 6th century BC, but is often perceived as a single and uniform system of beliefs. In reality, over the centuries Buddhism has developed as a mosaic of schools and traditionsadapting to the cultural and historical contexts in which it ...
If you own a Macyou know well that distinctive sound that accompanies system startup in computers made by Apple: a C major chord which seems to welcome you in a warm and reassuring way. This sound, more than a simple beep, has become a symbol of Apple’s philosophy. Born from the vision of Jim Reekeshired at Apple by Steve Jobs ...
“Reptilian brain” is a term often associated with that part of the nervous system that regulates the more primitive instincts and automatic reactions, such as fear, aggression or survival. It is a fascinating definition, theorized in the 1960s by the neurologist McLean, which recalls the image of a nucleus “ancestral” hidden within us, but it is also a simplification that ...
Ice flower. THE ice flowersscientifically called frost flowersare ice crystals that typically form on top of a thin layer of recently formed sea ice, especially when the air is very cold (below –15°C) and dry. They are mainly observed in the Arctic areas on thin ice on seas or more rarely lakes, and have a high concentration of salt because ...