By recommending “King Solomon’s Ring”, the book that made Konrad Lorenz and his research known to the general public, we want to talk precisely about the first steps that ethology, as a modern science, has taken.Considered by many to be the founder of ethology, Lorenz was awarded the 1973 Nobel […]
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Walnut branches (Juglans regia L.) with fruits – Photo by Anna Lacci Since ancient times the walnut tree has accompanied the history of man, who ate its fruits already 9000 years ago and used all parts of the plant in daily life. It was a very close relationship that over […]
“I asked Eileen to remove all the mirrors. I used to like them, but not anymore. Mirrors are too sincere, and a woman can only accept the truth so much.” And so Veronica McCreedy will have all the mirrors moved to the back room, where Eileen, the woman who takes […]
Prolonged drought, torrid summers interrupted by storms and disastrous floods are the daily news in this devastated territory of ours. The life of those who cultivate the land becomes more difficult every day: a big storm or a hailstorm is enough to lose entire crops and months of work in […]
The flora, and obviously the fauna, which has colonized the circum-Mediterranean territory, has had to face a very particular situation: rainfall concentrated only in a few months, with consequent long dry periods and a long annual photoperiod. These characteristics lead to consider the Mediterranean climate as subtropical. In fact, the […]