In 1768, British cavalry officer Philip Astley staged horseback acrobatics accompanied by a drum in London, and was soon joined by the tamer Antoine Franconi.
We use this expression regularly, but why is it that something like this is said when we want to express the suspicion we feel towards something or someone?
Theories abound that see a 'black hand' behind hugely impactful events like 9/11 or the arrival of man on the Moon. And they all have common ingredients to grab the public's attention.
Tularemia, or also called "rabbit fever", is an infectious disease, as dangerous as smallpox or anthrax and common in the northeastern United States, Europe and Asia. The bacterium that causes it is Francisella tularensis and due to its strong environmental resistance (it resists cold at sub-zero temperatures and even bleach), it becomes a threat to public health.
Researchers from the University of Copenhagen found next to the skeleton of a boy between 12,600 and 13,000 years old, found in a cemetery in Montana (USA), a hundred tools covered with red ocher, typical of the Clovis culture, one of the Oldest Native American civilizations. The DNA sequencing of this skeleton has given the key to finally locate the origins of this hunter culture. The research has been published in the journal Nature.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the Google search engine at Stanford University (USA) in 1996. Did you know that at the beginning it was called BackRub? And that the name of Google is a play on words with the mathematical term "gogol", whose pronunciation in English is similar to that of "Google" and which refers to the number one followed by 100 zeros?
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
