In the recent years, overweight and obesity have spread all around the world. Due to the risk of chronic and cardiovascular diseases, overweight has become a global problem and scientists struggle to find efficient solutions to keep it under control. Until now, the best results are still the result of regular physica... |
31 August 2008
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The brave cartoon sailor based his power on spinach consumption or at least, that's what we know. But what's real the story behind all that?Spinach is an annually cultivated herbaceous plant with a taproot of up to 1.8 m (6 ft) long. The leaves are fleshy and dark green, reach in minerals, nutrients and vit... |
24 April 2008
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1.The small intestine is the part of the digestive tube connecting the stomach to the large intestine. It is an elastic and soft tube made of muscles and membranes, tightly contorted in the abdominal cavity, but with a length of 6 m (20 ft) if stretched. It has 3 parts: duodenum, jejunum and ileum. The duodenum is C-... |
15 January 2008
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They may look like enormous sacks of blubber but one would not easily guess the performances the elephant seals are capable of. The southern elephant seal is the largest seal of all, with the largest males reaching up to 22.5 ft (6.9 m) long and 11,000 pounds (5,000 kg) in weight. Their name is due to their size and ... |
7 August 2007
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Can ice be considered life deserted? If you think so, check out an iceberg. Icebergs can take lives in sea incidents (of course, Titanic remains the most severe accident involving an iceberg), but they can also boost marine life. People had noticed that algae, krill (shrimplike crustaceans) and seabirds gather on an... |
22 June 2007
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The Sargasso Sea is an elongated region in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by ocean currents: on the west by the Gulf Stream, on the north, by the North Atlantic Current, on the east, by the Canary Current and on the south, by the North Atlantic Equatorial Current. It is about 700 miles wide and 2,... |
23 May 2007
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