Researchers have found bees can do basic mathematics, in a discovery that expands our understanding of the relationship between brain size and brain power. Continue reading “Bees can do basic arithmetic”
Bees can do basic arithmetic
Fried food linked to heightened risk of early death among older US women
Regularly eating fried food is linked with a heightened risk of death from any cause and heart-related death, among postmenopausal women, finds a US study in The BMJ. Continue reading “Fried food linked to heightened risk of early death among older US women”
Scientists develop first fabric to automatically cool or insulate depending on conditions
Despite decades of innovation in fabrics with high-tech thermal properties that keep marathon runners cool or alpine hikers warm, there has never been a material that changes its insulating properties in response to the environment. Until now. Continue reading “Scientists develop first fabric to automatically cool or insulate depending on conditions”
Παγκοσμίως πρωτοποριακή η αρχαία Ελληνική τεχνολογία υλικών κατασκευών και οι εφαρμογές της στα τεχνικά έργα
Παρουσιάζουμε εδώ εκτεταμένα αποσπάσματα από την ομότιτλη, άγνωστη στο ευρύ κοινό και ιδιαιτέρως ενδιαφέρουσα εργασία του κυρίου Ευστάθιου Ευσταθιάδη (υπήρξε Χημικός Μηχανικός Ε.Μ.Π., απόφοιτος έτους 1945, τ. Επιμελητής Ε.Μ.Π., Επίτιμος Γενικός Διευθυντής Υ.ΠΕ.ΧΩ.Δ.Ε), η οποία δημοσιεύτηκε στα ‘Τεχνικά Χρονικά‘ Μαΐου-Ιουνίου 2004. Continue reading “Παγκοσμίως πρωτοποριακή η αρχαία Ελληνική τεχνολογία υλικών κατασκευών και οι εφαρμογές της στα τεχνικά έργα”
The Aegean (Mycenean) origin of the Philistines
After all these centuries of calumny, the Philistines are finally having some good things said about them. They were not, it seems, deserving of that withering epithet: Philistine. Continue reading “The Aegean (Mycenean) origin of the Philistines”
Necropolis near Bethlehem confirms Caananite town existed – The findings provide evidence of a thriving settlement
A team of Italian and Palestinian archaeologists have discovered an ancient necropolis with more than 100 tombs near Bethlehem. Though many of the tombs have been looted the findings provide proof for the first time that there was a nearby city that thrived in Caananite times. Continue reading “Necropolis near Bethlehem confirms Caananite town existed – The findings provide evidence of a thriving settlement”
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