A replica of the NeXT computer used by Tim Berners–Lee in 1990 to develop and run the first Web server. Credits: Maximilien Brice/Anna Pantelia/CERN The history of first web server starts at CERN (European Council for Nuclear Research), the nuclear research center in Geneva, in 1989. At that time, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee he was working on an idea ...
Yes, they exist in the world Countries without armies and they are more than we could imagine. Since, however, there is no agreed definition of “disarmed country”, it is difficult to indicate the precise number of states that they have no military forces. If we considered all the cases for which a state could be considered without an army, at ...
All it takes is a breath of wind Freddo to find ourselves with skin covered in small dots: the goosebumpsin technical jargon piloerectionan involuntary defense mechanism (like shivering) activated when we are cold, afraid, or experience very intense emotions. From a physiological point of view, goosebumps occur when i muscles hair erectors yes they contractpulling up the hair and causing ...
Along the Grand Canal Of Venice one of the most iconic (and feared) homes is undoubtedly the Ca’ Dario palacelocated in the Dorsoduro district at number 352 of Campiello Barbaro. Dating back to 1479 and characterized by a asymmetric facade, has become famous in the lagoon for being a residence”damn“: many of the past owners (Palazzo Dario currently has no ...
Protect your computer from hacker attacks (or rather, gods cracker) does not require advanced technical skills: just adopt some essential safety measureswhich constitute the “base” from which to avoid the main online dangers when browsing the Internet from your PC. Regularly updating the software, creating complex passwords, backing up your data, using a reliable antivirus and paying attention to public ...
When it comes to aphrodisiac foods we mean foods which, according to popular tradition, have the alleged ability to improve sex, such as oysters, chocolate, caviar, truffles, chilli peppers, red wine, etc. The term “aphrodisiac” comes from Aphroditethe goddess of love and fertility in ancient Greece. The birth of this goddess from the sea would explain the ancient beliefs regarding ...
The Christianity is a monotheistic religion, based on the figure of revelation Jesus Christ (hence the name of the religion) as the son of God, whose preaching is codified in the Gospels present in the New Testament of Biblesacred text of religion. It is currently there most widespread religion in the world with approx 2.4 billion faithful30% of the world ...
When it starts to rain the umbrella becomes an indispensable companion. But have you ever wondered why this object, which we use to protect ourselves from the rain, doesn’t have a name that explicitly refers to this meteorological phenomenon, for example “drizzle“? The answer lies in the history of the object, which has ancient roots and a very different origin ...
66 million years ago a meteorite crashed into Earth at more than 70 thousand kilometers per hourcausing the raising of an enormous amount of dust into the atmosphere, a mega-tsunami with waves hundreds of meters high and the extinction of the dinosaurs. But how can we say that it was a meteorite that made the dinosaurs extinct? You won’t believe ...
Considered as the place that according to the myth coincided with the Pillars of Herculesbetween the rocky promontory of Calpe in Spain and Abila in Africa, Gibraltar (Gibraltar in Spanish and English) is a dominion British (a so-called exclave) in Spanish territoryin the south of the Iberian Peninsula, at the southern extreme ofAndalusia. It is located on the border with ...