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A luxurious Roman cellar discovered during excavations near Rome | Science

A luxurious Roman cellar discovered during excavations near Rome |  Science

17 apr 2023 om 21:00 New excavations near Rome show that wealthy Romans lived in even more luxury and opulence than previously thought. A vast cellar has been discovered in the ruins of the Villa dei Quintili, southeast of the Italian capital. The cellar consisted of several parts. For example, there were lined barrels in which slaves would have crushed …

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Entrepreneurial Heusden Sustainable gives space to sustainable businesses in the municipality of Heusden

Entrepreneurial Heusden Sustainable gives space to sustainable businesses in the municipality of Heusden

Photo: Municipality of Heusden At the CO2-neutral Café De Laat in Nieuwkuijk, five parties signed the Green Deal 2023-2027 on April 17: De Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM), Midpoint Brabant, Environment Agency Central and West Brabant (OMWB), Ondernemend Heusden and Waterschap Aa and Meuse. The Green Deal is an agreement between companies, non-profit organizations and the government to give space to …

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SpaceX tests the flight of the Starship today: the largest rocket ever

SpaceX tests the flight of the Starship today: the largest rocket ever

Elon Musk’s company that developed the rocket has been working on the mega spacecraft for years. Musk presented plans for the rocket in 2017 and called the ship Big Fucking Rocket. This was later changed to Big Falcon Rocket. 120 meters high The large rocket is almost 120 meters high. It’s 10 meters taller than the Saturn V, the rocket …

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Unique set of duplicate DNA discovered in male hysterical greyhound ants

Unique set of duplicate DNA discovered in male hysterical greyhound ants

About the episode The invasive greyhound ant – in English yellow crazy ant probably because of the hysterical movements they make when disturbed – has puzzled researchers around the world. Not because of those wild moves, but because of their genes. The males of this ant appear to carry two different sets of DNA. Like what they are of two …

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Steam Deck adjusts space for pre-built shader caches in next update

Steam Deck adjusts space for pre-built shader caches in next update

107 In a future update, the Steam Deck plans to reduce the space occupied by various games’ shader cache files. According to a report from Phoronix, the file size reduction will be around 60%, which will give players some space back. The change is expected to come with the Mesa 23.1 update, which brings a change to the open-source video …

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Column | A new minister coming out of the field, great

Column |  A new minister coming out of the field, great

About Rosanne Hertzberger Each week, scientist Rosanne Hertzberger writes about the interfaces between science and everyday life. About Rosanne Hertzberger Each week, scientist Rosanne Hertzberger writes about the interfaces between science and everyday life. She is the initiator and chair of the board of the Crispatus Foundation, where a research collective of women is developing a vaginal probiotic. Since 2017 …

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Exhibition of the opening month #Selfie van Nieuwe Ruimte Velp

Exhibition of the opening month #Selfie van Nieuwe Ruimte Velp

Photo: rheden.nieuws.nl VELP – Also in April, Nieuwe Ruimte has an ‘Artist of the month’. This time it’s Welmoed Glasz. Glasz invited Maureen Baier and Carla Louwes for this, although the ladies knew each other before the exhibition, a close-knit group was created during the making and construction of this one. The vernissage took place on Sunday April 2 in …

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Space probe Juice successfully launched to mysterious icy moons of Jupiter

Space probe Juice successfully launched to mysterious icy moons of Jupiter

The live stream showed how the Ariane 5 rocket with Juice on board was successfully launched in French Guiana.ESA picture At 2:14 p.m. Dutch time, Juice blasted off to a soundtrack of roaring rocket engines from the green jungle around the European launch site of Kourou, French Guiana, into the blackness of space. Destination: the icy moons Europa, Callisto and …

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People no longer find a place to relax – Dagblad Suriname

People no longer find a place to relax – Dagblad Suriname

Uit een onlangs op de website van Dagblad Suriname gehouden poll, waarin de vraag werd gesteld aan lezers en volgers van de krant, in hoeverre men nog in deze tijd van crisis ruimte vindt om zich te ontspannen, blijkt dat burgers die ruimte amper nog weten te find. 1,786 people responded to the survey and 51% (905 voters) said they …

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