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Rome´s Lupa is medieval
Posted on 2008-08-23 22:17:38 by maragiuffro

Capitoline wolf, or in Italian Lupa Capitolina, is the true symbol of the city of Rome. 75 cm high as well as 114 cm long it depicts a she-wolf that according to the legend suckled the founders of the city, human twins Romulus as well as Remus. The sculptures of the infants made in obviously different style compared to that of the she-wolf were added in the late 15th century as well as were probably made by the sculptor Antonio Pollaiuolo. However, now a fierce dispute is going on about the dating of the female wolf itself. So far the general public trusted that it was an Etruscan work from 5th century BC. But according to the latest research, including radiocarbon dating, it has been found that it was actually manufactured in the 13th century AD. Anna Maria Carruba, a researcher who was appointed with the restoration works on the statue in 1997 as well as had the opportunity to examine it closely, is a firm supporter of this new theory: “It´s decisively medieval. As I went ahead with my research, I was ever more sure,” she said in a telephone interview on Wednesday. She observed that Lupa had been made in a specific casting technique that was not used with the ancient Gre

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Chris Cantell behadelt Die Wissenschaft: Seeschildkröte Dylan zurück in die Natur
Posted on 2008-08-21 22:22:33 by maragiuffro

Ein unglaubliches Geschenk! Einige Biologen und Wissenschaftler würden das über die unechte Karettschildkröte sagen, die vor neun Jahren gefunden wurde. Damals wurde Dylan nur geboren und wurde von einem ihrer Geschwister aus dem Nest hinausgedrückt. Nun verließ sie eben das Georgia Seeschildkrötenzentrum auf der Jekyll Island.

Nach einer ein Jahr dauernden Vorbereitungsperiode für das Leben in der Freiheit und neun Jahren von Gefangenschaft wurde Dylan am Montag schließlich ins Meer freigelassen. Für die Biologen war das vielleicht herzzerreißend mit anzusehen, wie das Baby wegschwimmt, aber Dylan musste in ihren natürlichen Lebensraum zurückkehren, um einen ausgefüllten und wertvollen Leben zu leben.

Im August 1998 wurde sie auf einem Strand auf der Jekyll Island von Menschen gefunden. Sie strengte sich an und kämpfte ums Überleben. Danach verbrachte sie ihre Lebenszeit in zwei verschiedenen Naturzentren, einmal wurde sie ins Georgia Aquarium übergelegt und dann ging sie ins Georgia Seeschildkrötenzentrum auf der Jekyll Island, wo sie schließlich freigelassen wurde.Read more >>>

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Chris Cantell Discusses Science: Morská korytna?ka Dylan je naspä? v prírode
Posted on 2008-08-21 20:11:10 by maragiuffro

Neuverite?ný dar! Nejaký biológ a vedci by mohli poveda? o tejto morskej korytna?ke, ktorá sa našla pred deviatimi rokmi. V tejto dobe sa Dylan narodila, a opustila svoje hniezdo. Teraz práve opustila Centrum morských korytna?iek na Jekyllových ostrovoch.

Po roku príprav na život na slobode a po deviatich rokoch zajatia, v pondelok bola Dylan kone?ne oslobonedá a vypustená. Možno to trhalo biológom srdce ke? videli ako ich die?a odchádza, ale Dylan sa musela vráti? naspä? do prírody a za?a? ži? plnohodnotný život.

V Auguste v roku 1998 ju našli bojova? na pláži na Jekyllových ostrovoch. Svoj ?as trávila v dvoch prírodných centrách, bola premiestnená z Georgia akvária do Centra morských korytna?iek na Jekyllových ostrovoch odkia? bola potom vypustená.

Táto morská korytna?ka je chráneným druhom. Sedem iných druhov korytna?iek sú tiež ohrozenými druhmi.<

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Chris Cantell Discusses Science: Tortuga marina Dylan vuelve al mar
Posted on 2008-08-20 21:35:37 by maragiuffro

ˇUn regalo increíble! Algunos biólogos y científicos dirían esto sobre una tortuga marina llamada Dylan, que fue encontrada hace nueve ańos. En aquel tiempo, Dylan fue nacida, vagueaba alrededor abandonada por sus compańeros del nido. Ahora, abandona Centro de Tortugas Marinas de Georgia en Jekyll Island.

Después de un ańo de prepararación para la libertad y después de nueve ańos de cautividad, el lunes Dylan fue finalmente liberada al mar. Tal vez para los biólogos fue difícil de ver que su bebé se marcha, pero Dylan tiene que volver a su ambiente natural para vivir la vida idónea y valorada.

En agosto 1998, la gente le encuentró cuando recién había salido del cascarón en una playa de Jekyll Island. Pasando su vida en dos centros diferentes, una vez vivía en Aquario de Georgia y después la trasladaron al Centro de Tortugas Marinas de Georgia en Jekyll Island, de donde le liberaron.

Esta tortuga marina de 150 libras es considerada una especie amenazada. Otras siete variedades de tortugas marinas están en peligro de extinción.<

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Russian Spacewalkers Volkov And Kononenko Handling Explosive Bolts by Milota Sidorova
Posted on 2008-08-18 23:36:52 by maragiuffro

Late that afternoon, as I was walking home, I was wondering how is the whole planet moving. The idea of that, there's still someone working, learning, cooking, operational or sleeping made me feel like a small link in the planetary chain. However, my thoughts embraced just the Earth, those universal perpettum mobile principle spreads out into the space. And so it was with yesterday’s space mission of two Russian astronauts. Just few minutes past seven p.m. they left the International Space Station as well as set up on theirs even second spacewalk this week.

During these following an estimated 6 hours they installed one science experiment, took back another one, disposed explosive bolt from the space capsule Soyuz as well as straightened a radio antenna.
At first of all, both astronauts, International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov as well as Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko, living on ISS since April 2008 poured themselves into including a docking target of a Russian mini research module on the space-facing side of Zvezda. Module should aid to cover the demand of upcoming double sized Russian crew.Read more >>>

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