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Die Peters Weltkarte
Arno Peters, ein Historiker aus Bremen, entwickelte eine neuartige Weltkarte für unsere Zeit. Maßgetreu in Fläche, Achse und Position gibt sie die Proportionen der nördlichen und südlichen Hemisphären genau wieder. Die Peters-Weltkarte , wie auch der zugehörige Peters-Atlas, ist eine erfrischende Abkehr von der veralteten eurozentristischen Sichtweise, welche unsere Sicht der Welt 400 Jahre lang beeinträchtigt hat. Die Peters-Karte zeigt jedes Land in seiner wirklichen Flächengröße und auf direkt vergleichbarer Basis.Purim, one of the most joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar was held a week ago, March 8 and 9, celebrating the deliverance of the Jewish people in exile in Persia. The story is told in the Book of Esther, which is read as part of the holiday, remembering how a young Jewish girl became queen of Persia and risked the anger of her new husband to get him to prevent an attack on all Jews living in Persia, men, women, and children. The story, also called the Megillah, tells of the fall of the king’s feared adviser, who perishes out of his own malice, the bravery of a young woman, and the perseverance of the Jewish people. The festival is celebrated with gifts of food and drink, feasting, and games, especially dressing in costumes to remember how Esther was chosen as most beautiful in the kingdom. -- Lloyd Young ( 22 photos total )
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Medizinisches Wissen aus dem Meer > Meeresorganismen wie Bakterien, Korallen oder Schwämme enthalten Tausende von interessanten Substanzen, aus denen man künftig neue Medikamente entwickeln könnte. Einige dieser Wirkstoffe wurden bereits als Arznei zugelassen. Auch lässt sich an den ursprünglichen Organismen sehr gut erforschen, wie Krankheiten entstehen oder bekämpft werden können. Bevor der medizinische Schatz im Meer gehoben werden kann sind aber noch rechtliche Fragen zu klären.
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Nature Outlook : Lenses on Biology In this special edition of Nature Outlook , five top scientists explain how research in their specialties — cancer, climate change, stem cells, oceanography and synthetic biology — has changed our lives.
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Modern Human Variation: Distribution of Blood Types
Distribution of Blood Types Blood provides an ideal opportunity for the study of human variation without cultural prejudice. It can be easily classified for many different genetically inherited blood typing systems. Also significant is the fact that we rarely take blood types into consideration in selecting mates.HGNC
The HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) has assigned unique gene symbols and names to over 33,000 human loci, of which around 19,000 are protein coding. genenames.org is a curated online repository of HGNC-approved gene nomenclature and associated resources including links to genomic, proteomic and phenotypic information, as well as dedicated gene family pages.
Honey bees "self-medicate" when their colony is infected with a harmful fungus, bringing in increased amounts of antifungal plant resins to ward off the pathogen. ... > full story Scientists take an important step in developing a material using nano-sized magnets that could lead to new electronic devices. Researchers have demonstrated that large arrays of nano-magnets can be used to store computable ... > full story Biologists have found in a study of all 23 living crocodilian species that crocodiles can kill with the strongest bite force measured for any living animal.
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Insurance maps of Frankfort, Kentucky (sheet 1, index); Sanborn Map Company; 1907; City Atlas Welcome to the David Rumsey Map Collection Database and Blog. The Map Database has many viewers and the Blog has numerous categories . The historical map collection has over 31,000 maps and images online.UniGene computationally identifies transcripts from the same locus; analyzes expression by tissue, age, and health status; and reports related proteins (protEST) and clone resources.