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Etnobotanika, czyli magiczne rośliny.
Zapewne niewiele osób wie, co to w ogóle jest etnobotanika , więc postaram się to wyjaśnić jak najprościej potrafię. Etnobotanika - dziedzina nauki zajmująca się badaniem wpływu roślin na rozwój kulturowy człowieka (rozwój cywilizacji), poprzez badanie starożytnych / prymitywnych rytuałów i ceremonii. Niestety jeszcze dzisiaj łatwo znaleźć ludzi uznających tą dziedzinę nauki za szarlataństwo.
They may look like winter’s answer to crop circles, but these mysterious snow rolls are in fact a rare natural phenomenon usually found only in the world’s most remote and frozen regions. Also known as snowrollers, snow bales and snow doughnuts, they form mostly in unusual conditions created by a precise combination of snow, ice, wind, temperature and moisture on the prairies of North America. But this week’s frozen weather has allowed the snow cylinders to make a freak appearance in the UK.
Strange snow: rare self-rolling snow balls found in UK « Xenophilia (True Strange Stuff)
Scientists Show Bacteria Can 'Learn' And Plan Ahead
ScienceDaily (June 17, 2009) — Bacteria can anticipate a future event and prepare for it, according to new research at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
How Antarctica grew its ice – and lost its hanging gardens - environment - 03 June 2009 - New Scientist
Up to 3000 metres beneath the ice, at the coldest point on Earth, towering peaks, hanging valleys and deep gorges have been frozen in ice for 14 million years.In 1971 biologists moved 5 adult pairs of Italian wall lizards from their island home of Pod Kopiste, in the South Adriatic Sea, and introduced them to the neighboring island of Pod Mrcaru. An international team of researchers discovered that introducing these small, green-backed lizards, Podarcis sicula, to a new environment caused them to undergo shockingly fast and large-scale evolutionary changes. Researchers returned to the islands twice a year for three years, in the spring and summer of 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Is Hyper Evolution Possible? A Galaxy Classic
Why did nearly all life on Earth die 250 million years ago?
Among paleontologists, it's sometimes called the "Great Dying." Roughly a quarter of a billion years ago, 90-95 percent of all life on Earth died out. It took 30 million years for the planet to recover.It turns out humanity has been almost wiped out a few times in our distant past. How did it happen, and what does it mean for the future of human evolution? Scientists can spot near-extinctions by correlating several different pieces of evidence.
Extinction Events That Almost Wiped Out Humans
We've covered how to prove that the earth revolves around the sun , just in case you're sent back in time.
The Earth Rotates? Prove it!
Tiger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The tiger ( Panthera tigris ) is the largest cat species , reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 metres (11 ft) and weighing up to 306 kg (670 lb).
A sketched reconstruction if the Boskop skull
What Happened to the Hominids Who May Have Been Smarter Than Us? | Human Origins | DISCOVER Magazine
Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An interpretation of Maslow's hierarchy of needs, represented as a pyramid with the more basic needs at the bottom. [ 1 ] Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a theory in psychology , proposed by Abraham Maslow in his 1943 paper "A Theory of Human Motivation." [ 2 ] Maslow subsequently extended the idea to include his observations of humans' innate curiosity. His theories parallel many other theories of human developmental psychology , all of which focus on describing the stages of growth in humans.Weird, Rare Clouds and the Physics Behind Them | Wired Science | Wired.com
In August, we posted a photograph of some odd, rare clouds known as Morning Glory clouds without providing an explanation for how they form. In response to reader interest, we followed up with meteorologist Roger Smith of the University of Munich, who has studied their formation.Nature has always been a source of inspiration for designers to look at things differently. We all know that a tree doesn’t always have green leaves, water is not blue and clouds are certainly not always white and puffy. As designers, we need to know to look beyond the obvious when looking at things.