Introduction: The amorphous surface layer of the superficial zone of cartilage is the lamina splendens (LS). The LS functions as the load-bearing layer when articular joints are sheared and marks the ...

Codex Calixtinus (Jacobus), Movements: Congaudeant catholici (Benedicamus trope, 3vv) Anonymous, Composer Monteverdi Choir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor Codex Calixtinus (Jacobus), Movements: Dum ...

This map shows coastal regions where Betta Fish (Siamese Fighting Fish) are found. Adult size is small: typically ~5-6 cm TL, with a reported maximum around 7.0 cm total length (TL) for Betta ...

Situated at the end of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route – known in English as St. James’ Way, or simply “the Camino” – the Galician city of Santiago de Compostela is constantly filled with ...

This study investigated the effect of different photoperiods (24 h of light (L):0 h of darkness (D); 20L:4D; 16L:8D; 12L:12D; and 8L:16D) on the reproduction and growth of Betta splendens. The results ...

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The Husband and I hiked 160km over eight days through peaceful French and Spanish countryside on a route that clocked up a 4,000m elevation gain and about 3,000m descent, my Garmin watch measured.

On July 7, 2011, the world dawns with an unusual scandal: the Codex Calixtinus of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela has disappeared. It was a 12th century manuscript, considered the first guide ...

“I just Googled ‘long-distance walks in Europe’”, explained Hans. “Six years later I was getting married in Santiago.” After a chance encounter on their first Camino, Swedish Hans and American wife ...

The Australian platypus is one of Earth’s most unusual creatures — but there was a time when it might not have stood out in a crowd. In roughly 100-million-year-old rocks in Australia, scientists have ...

Newly examined fossils suggest monotremes—egg-laying mammals—were once much more abundant in Australia than they are today. Peter Shouten Today, egg-laying mammals are rare oddballs, with creatures ...