Ecology

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Who was Alfred Nobel, inventor of dynamite and founder of the prize that bears his name

Alfred Nobel (pronounced “Nobèl”), born in Sweden In the 1833 and died in Italy in 1896it was a chemical and a entrepreneur very successful, inventor of dynamitephilanthropist and creator of Nobel Prizes. Working on the improvement of nitroglycerin, in 1867 he patented a new explosive, the dynamitedestined for widespread distribution. He was attracted though numerous criticismsbecause his invention was also ...

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Why are the notification dots on app icons red?

THE notification dots (also called “notification badges”) present in the upper right part of the app icons to indicate the presence and quantity of notifications not displayed they are red for a very simple reason: they attract attention immediately and effectively. Red is one of the colors that most impress the human eye and has a long history of being ...

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Akhenaten, the heretical pharaoh erased from history after his death through “damnatio memoriae”

Of all the pharaohs who reigned overAncient Egypt during the thousand-year history of Egyptian civilization, one of the least known was Akhenaten (1351-1334/1333 BC), of XVIII dynasty. A particular choice in religious matter implemented in the last years of his reign earned him the nickname of “heretic pharaoh” and caused, after his death, an operation of damnatio memoriae: the pharaoh ...

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Why don’t we remember dreams?

We often wake up with a fleeting sensation: we just had a dream, but the details quickly dissolve. Why does this happen? According to neuroscience, forget your dreams it is a natural process linked to the functioning of the brain during sleep. The key to the mystery lies inactivity of some brain areas and in the mechanisms of memorywhich go ...

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The largest hospital in the world is located in China and has 10 thousand beds

THE’largest hospital in the world it is that ofZhengzhou Universityin the Chinese province of Henan, which has the beauty of 13 buildings with inside beyond 10 thousand beds (data as of 2022), i.e. approximately 8 times more compared to the AOU Umberto I Polyclinic of Rome (sometimes considered the largest hospital in Europe). This enormous hospital facility serves more than ...

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The “living” skin grown in the laboratory that makes robots more human: the scientists’ project

Credit: Takeuchi et al. CC–BY–ND, go BBC Science Focus. “Living skin” And “robot” they are terms which, in addition to coexisting very well in the plot of a potential dystopian film, could one day revolutionize the robotics sector, in this case what is called bio-hybrid robotics. A group of scientists from the University of Tokyo, in fact, is “cultivating” actual ...

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Why does dandruff affect men more? The causes of scalp flaking

We often hear that dandruff affects men more, and in fact there is some basis in truth. But why? Dandruff, whether dry or oily, is a scalp disorder that has a origin multifactorial: depends on the action of the mushroom Malassezia furfurbut also by the production of sebum, regulated by the androgen hormones (the main one of which is testosterone ...

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Rear window, what are those horizontal lines on car glass for and how do they work

We have all wondered at least once why the rear window from the cars has those horizontal lines orange or black and, above all, because the windshield doesn’t have one. These lines are actually electrical wires which, when crossed by current, heat up thus allowing it defrost of the rear window and improving visibility for the driver. What are black ...