There Dancing House (Dancing house) Of Prague is one of the most famous buildings in Europe, home to the Dutch National Offices in the centre of the Czech capital. Built between 1994 and 1996 and designed by the architects Frank Gehry And Vlado Milunićis located on the banks of the river Moldavian replacing a building destroyed during a bombing in ...
Oxford Bell. Credits: BBC You can hardly hear the sound of the Oxford Electric Bellso faint it is. Despite this, the bell – which is also known as the “Clarendon Dry Pile” – began to ring well before 1840, and so for almost two centuries. It has seen the whole of the old century and the first twenty years of ...
The common belief that eating carrots helps you tan is a false myth. Tanning is a form of defense of our body. By exposing the skin to the sun, its deepest layer begins to produce melanina pigmented molecule of a darker color. As it rises to the more superficial layers of the skin, melanin darkens it and acts as protection ...
It is thought that the Freddo generated by theair conditioning can cause diseases, such as coldbronchitis or bacterial rhinitis. In particular it would be the famous “temperature change” the enemy to stay away from: go through 35 °C external to the 21 °C of a shopping center or a club would be harmful to your health. Let’s dispel this myth ...
THE’aluminum is the chemical element with atomic number 13 in the periodic table, marked by the symbol “To the” and is mainly obtained from the bauxite. Its exceptional physical properties, including malleability, light weight and corrosion resistance, make it one of the most sought-after metals in global industries, ranging from packaging to aerospace. Despite its widespread use, industrial-scale production of ...
If we touch an object of metalwe will hear it more Freddo compared to objects made of other materials, such as cardboard or wood. This happens even though the two objects are at the same same temperature. How is this possible? Why do we perceive two different temperatures? It’s all in the difference in conductivity thermal of the materials in ...
The famous work of art The Great Wave off Kanagawacreated by the Japanese artist Hokusai, will appear for the first time on a banknote of Japanto be precise the one from 1000 yen: the woodcut, which depicts a beautiful wave at the foot of Mount Fuji, will therefore appear on the national currency, not unlike several European banknotes that have ...
In recent years, interesting solutions have been tested to contain the phenomenon of “jellyfish bloom” or, at least, for use these planktonic organisms in an alternative way. One of the possible uses is precisely the food one since Some species of jellyfish are ediblehave good nutritional properties and a flavor appreciated by many. Someone, thinking of that gelatinous body and ...
The holidays summer are one of the most anticipated moments of the year, marking the period of break from work and daily routine to relax and dedicate oneself to tourism and holiday activities. But how was the mass tourism? If at first this activity was reserved only to members of the aristocracy or the upper middle class, with the invention ...
Even ants can count: to be precise, according to a study, ants Cataglyphis fortis – typical of the Sahara desert – would be able to count their steps. Ants generally go in search of food, leaving a scent trail which they exploit to be able to return to the anthill without getting lost, a bit like Tom Thumb did with ...