One such mariner, Vasco da Gama, discovered the sea route to India in 1498, and to honor his achievement, King Manuel I commissioned a monument that became a lasting symbol of the country's astonishing era of conquest and expansion. Today, theMosteiro dos Jerónimosis one of the country's ...
so its old harbor is an appropriate place for the Mediterranean's largest maritime museum. TheGalata Museo del Mareoccupies part of the Darsena where the Republic of Genoa built its own fleet, with four floors of engaging exhibits that give a good picture of ships and navigation from the ...
Four of our top 10 findings involve the environment, discoveries that could have been found only with genetically sensitive research designs. We also consider reasons specific to behavioral genetics that might explain why these findings replicate. Keywords heritability, DNA, personality, psychopathology, ...
While oil sands have high fixed costs, their reserves have a very long life and a minimal cost to sustain production. Canadian Natural's existing resource base is expected to support several decades of production at current rates, and the company can cover its dividend and maintenance capital ex...
Sipping single malts neat is the classic measure of authentic whisky appreciation, but it’s not the only way — not even for purists. Always up to the challenge of taste-testing new spirits releases, Pursuitist presents our latest, greatest whisky discoveries, and how to sample each with a ...
His discoveries inspired the work of James Watson, Francis Crick, and Rosalind Franklin on the structure of DNA, which in turn made it possible for geneticists to crack the DNA code of all organisms.In his later years he promoted nuclear disarmament, as well as orthomolecular medicine, mega...
You need to feed (including hunting), you must maintain thirst, and you’ll have to learn the rules of nature if you hope to survive. Each dinosaur has different traits, including even details such as unique roars, which can be used for all k...