He carefully examines a new ceramic crucible, weighs it precisely, fills it with tin powder, weighs it again, records the values, and places the vessel[…]
[source: “Conqueror of the Seas – The Story of Magellan”, Chapter. 1 – Stefan Zweig] The quest for spices began it. From the days when[…]
“Evolution is the central theme of biology – a common thread running through every chapter of this book.” …so proclaims the introduction to Campbell, a[…]
Wilderness of Zin, 16th century BC. – The mood was at rock bottom. Discouraged by their scouts’ report about the enemy’s strength, the people had[…]
Bethany (Roman province of Judea), 32 A.D. – In front of a rock tomb, a large crowd mourns their friend Lazarus, who had died four[…]
Ribeira d’Ilhas, 2020 – At many sandy beaches, one stumbles upon a more or less wide ribbon of algae, seaweed, seagrass, wood pieces, pumice, shell[…]
It is said of Panthera leo: »A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any« (Prov 30:30). The fearsome big cat was[…]
In the Bible, the terms namer / nemar and “pardalis” refer to either the leopard (Panthera pardus) or the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Both species were[…]
The Syrian striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena syriaca) was certainly native to Israel and was only exterminated there in the 1930s. However, it is not immediately[…]