Life
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Seeing life through the cold eyes of that Frenchman
I remember that in the early 1980s, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) was a hot topic among young Chinese intellectuals. Speaking of Sartre, the first thing I recall is his photo of him peddling the leftist newspaper “Dyelo Narok” on the street. He is old and unattractive, hiding behind old-fashioned short-sighted glasses that look like the bottom of a wine bottle. This photo was later included in the anthology “Sartre Research” (1981) edited by Mr. Liu Mingjiu, a French literature expert. When Sartre’s theories and works were widely disseminated in China, it was the time when the Chinese youth were struggling to get out of the spiritual ruins caused by the ten-year…
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These Green Papers Are Toxic And Could Be Deadly
In the spring of 2019, in Delaware, USA, Dr. Melissa Teiden of the Winterthur Museum checked out an old book published in 1857 from the library. It is a guide to home decoration, and the title of the book is “Country Country Decoration-For a Tasteful Home”. The book is beautiful, and although it is more than a century old, it still retains its bright green exterior, which complements the gilt letters and patterns. As part of the collection to be exhibited at the Kunsthalle in Winterthur, the book’s striking colors are still impressive even though the spine and cover are about to fall off and the stitching is broken. Dr.…
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Ramble about siesta
Ever seen a take-out nap? A Japanese company has launched a delivery service called “Nap Space,” in which a van converted into a bedroom is driven to the office floor to solve the problem of nap time for office workers. As the saying goes, “If you don’t sleep at noon, you will collapse in the afternoon.” Taking a nap at noon is an important way to restore the “vitality” of the body. So, how to take a nap more scientifically? Is a nap a good idea? Previous studies have shown that regular naps can protect against Alzheimer’s disease by improving mental agility and consolidating memories. In addition, taking a nap…
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Gluten-free foods, to eat or not to eat?
Is gluten just bran? The edible portion of a grain consisting, from the outside to the inside, chiefly of the bran, endosperm, and germ. The bran is the outermost edible part of wheat, which is mainly composed of dietary fiber. Gluten is a nutrient in the endosperm. The endosperm of wheat is mainly starch, but also contains gluten and glycolin, a complex of these two proteins called gluten. The word “gluten” may be new to you, but when it comes to gluten, you’re probably familiar with it. Our common gluten is actually gluten. When making dough, gluten proteins absorb water and expand, then bond to each other to form gluten,…
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The mystery of the origin of the American wild horse
Recently, American researcher Deso began testing DNA in ancient cow bones found at archaeological sites in the hope of learning more about the domestication of cattle in the Americas. When he sequenced mitochondrial DNA in fossilized bovine teeth, he found that one sample had a distinctive sequence. Upon closer inspection, he was surprised to find that the sample — a tooth fragment from an adult “cow” — belonged to a horse, and that the sequence was the earliest ever made of domestic horse DNA in the Americas. Stumble upon The piece was found in the town of Leopold, one of the first settlements of Spanish settlers in North America. The…
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British media commented on “Top Ten Scientific Advances in 2022”
Recently, the British “Guardian” released ten major scientific advances in 2022 selected by ten scientists. Among them, China’s inhaled new crown vaccine and the use of artificial intelligence to discover antibiotics were selected. Inhaled vaccines induce mucosal immunity and may provide long-term protection against respiratory viruses, the report said. For people with “needle phobia”, this type of vaccine is more attractive. If these new crown vaccines work as expected, the annual booster shots will soon be a thing of the past. In addition, antimicrobial drug resistance is listed by the World Health Organization as one of the top ten public health threats facing mankind. Antimicrobial peptides are recognized alternatives to…
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“Avatar: Way of Water” swept away the haze of the world film market
At the end of 2022, the 3D blockbuster “Avatar: Way of Water” created by the famous American director Cameron after 13 years, broke through 1.1 billion US dollars at the global box office one month after its release. , Brazil and other major markets have become the annual box office champions. Following the first “Avatar”, Cameron has once again built a beautiful and unimaginable alien world. The application of cutting-edge technologies such as 3D virtual photography and motion capture has brought shocking experiences to the audience. The haze of the epidemic in the world film market has injected a shot in the arm. ”Avatar: Way of Water” focuses on presenting…
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Sweden’s “charging road”
In order to achieve the two goals of “be the first to become a clean energy-based country that does not use fossil fuels” and “strive to make vehicles on the road achieve zero emissions by 2030”, the Swedish government calls on the people of the country to purchase new energy electric vehicles. However, although new energy electric vehicles have the advantages of cleanliness and pollution-free, due to the far insufficient cruising range, the car often breaks down halfway, so the general public in Sweden is not interested in buying electric vehicles. After pinpointing the “pulse” of the people in the country, the Swedish Transport Administration began to “prescribe the right…
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Lapis lazuli – the magic weapon of the ancients
There is a kind of naturally produced jade, the color is blue, just like the sky, and it is also dotted with glittering golden minerals, as if countless stars are shining in the night sky. Such a perfect combination makes it glamorous and has been loved by people since ancient times. This is lapis lazuli. sacred stone People have known lapis lazuli for a long time. As early as 7000 BC in Afghanistan, people were already mining lapis lazuli. Around 4000 BC, the city of Ur in the Euphrates River Valley in the Middle East was already doing a prosperous lapis lazuli trade. Locals consider lapis lazuli to be a…
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Live for the splendor and freedom of life
The Middle Ages is often referred to as the era of retrogression of Western civilization. It was the execution ground for religious trials, the hell where the Black Death took 20 million lives, and the severe cold of swords and swords and endless wars. Women in the Middle Ages were just subordinates to their masters. This tradition of gender inequality is surprisingly similar to the oriental patriarchal thought. Peasant and petty bourgeois women toiled until they stopped breathing in order to obtain food for subsistence. Most of the high-class women spent their whole lives wandering in cold castles. Become the link to maintain the interests of the two families. But…
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Why the Dutch love bicycles
Before the Second World War, the main means of transportation used by the Dutch was bicycles. But that changed in the 1950s and 1960s with the dramatic increase in the number of cars. Like many European countries, the roads in the Netherlands have become increasingly congested, with cyclists being pushed to the side of the road. The surge in the number of cars in the Netherlands has led to a sharp rise in traffic fatalities. In 1971, more than 3,000 people were killed in motor vehicle accidents, including 450 children. For this reason, a social movement has emerged in the Netherlands demanding that children be provided with safety guarantees for…
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Visit an abandoned former Soviet army base
Jürgen Naumann is the caretaker of a “forgotten world” called Wunsdorf. It is a small town about 40 kilometers from the center of Berlin. Today, as a resident of Germany, he lives with remnants of the past every day. The clock on the clock tower built in the era of William II stopped forever at 11:16 am. On a hot day in August 1994, all officers and soldiers of the former Soviet army evacuated the small town named Wunsdorf forever, and the small town has been recorded in history ever since. Until that day, soldiers with tacked boots had been stationed in barracks with flagstones and hardwood floors for more…