Following fingerprints into the past and rediscovering history welcome to tomorrow today the science show on d w. d books repositories of knowledge centuries old books can teach us a lot about the past as long as we can decode them cryptographers have yet to decipher the 15th century voyage manuscript for example but Historical Books still molecular as well as intellectual secrets. Secrets about the people who wrote them touched them and left their traces in the form of proteins these molecules are found in every single cell of the body and each type of protein is made up of a sequence of amino acids folded and unique way scientists have only recently learned how to read this data hidden between the lines of old books. The socalled marco polo bible is almost 800 years old tiny slivers of the parchment are all biochemist p. I giorgio regain he needed to look into its past getty speciality is proteomics the study of the range of proteins in organisms he examines documents paintings cloth
The global success stories. And yet theres a widening gap between education standards across the world. Children in developing countries are around 100 years behind those of industrialized nations. So why is that . Well, many children in developing countries have to work outside of school. And Armed Conflicts can prevent them from attending school regularly. In wealthier countries, young people typically attend school for an average of 12 years. In developing countries, for just 6. 5 years. And there are differences within industrial nations themselves, too. A childs background too often determines their success at school. Poverty can be a huge obstacle when it comes to gaining a good education. Those who can, often spend a lot of money on their kids schooling. Parents spend around 90 billion euros worldwide on extra coaching every year. Partly because theyre afraid their kids wont otherwise make the grade. And so the gap widens. In china too, many parents and kids have one objective w
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The Costa Blanca jewel of Javea
By Linda Bentley
Less than 2 hours north (90 minutes on the motorway and 30 minutes going through small villages on scenic roads) you arrive at the lovely Village of Javea, or Xabia as it is known in Valenciano.
Javea is a historic fishing village and is split into three very different areas; The old Historic Centre, The Port (Duanes de la Mar) and Playa del Arenal, the beach area.
Javea has also been blessed with spectacular scenery, framed by the Capes of Cabo de San Antonio and Cabo de La Nao.
I stayed in the Historical Centre with its cobbled streets, pretty whitewashed houses, and others built in the local Tosca sandstone, in typical Spanish narrow streets that I love.