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European Capitals of Culture 2018: Malta’s La Valetta and the Dutch city of Leeuwarden
While limestone defines architecture on the Mediterranean Isle, brick is the principal building material of Frisia, Netherlands
Stone Stories
At the gates to the underworld in ancient Hierapolis: hellhound Kerberos, its poisonous breath and clever priests
International scientists revealed that geogenic carbon dioxide was the cause of an old myth around the Mediterranean
In the 16th century, a.D., Ireland’s stonemasons downed 7 l or 14 pints of ale a day
Next to bread, beer was a staple food on the island / women brewed their own and had special drinking rounds
Oolitic limestone probably formed by microbes, not by grains rolling on the seafloor and accumulating layers of sediment
A new study based on mathematical simulation explains how biofilms were mineralized up to 340 million years ago
Nature in the quarry: bank swallow had made McKeon Stone’s quarry in Ireland their home
The birds dwelt in winding tunnels in sheer sandy hills of limestone dust left after quarrying
Cheops’ pyramid: Is there an „iron throne“ in the recently discovered chamber?
Giulio Magli from Milan Politecnico has formulated a hypothese of interpretation for the mysterious void in the limestone blocks
Underwater volcano eruptions may alter the ocean soundscape
Their signals may cause anomalies in the monitoring of earthquakes, land-based volcanoes or even whale songs
Near the end of the classical antique era: Pillar-saints demonstrated the religious immersion at lofty heights of marble columns
For centuries, Levantine pillar-saints or stylites preached, fasted and prayed atop narrow pillars in lofty heights in an effort to physically approach God
Unique Stalactites: like hanging bells and in an underwater cave
Investigations by a German-Mexican research team give an explanation how the formations on the Yucatán Peninsula grew
Ernesto Matos published a book on Portuguese paving (Calçada Portuguesa)
Artist cum photographer, in cooperation with poet Anónio Correia, shows a compilation of paved spaces from around the world
Candy factories use marble slabs as work surfaces with ideal heat-exchange
The candy craft makes use of the insulating properties of stone to make perfect clear hard candy
Earthquakes (mostly between mangitude 3 and 4) may be caused by human activity
The HiQuake database collects geological events related to anthropogenic activity which is often just the final straw that releases built-up stress
Old Faithful in the Yellowstone Park: where its reservoir is located and new understandings of the shockwaves at its eruptions
Scientists from the University of Utah searched the geological structures in low depth underneath the landmark
How the properties of soapstone have been valued since prehistoric times
Scientists from Norway have published a book about this soft and workable but also durable material with a high heat-storage capacity
Banded iron ore reveals how the Earth’s atmosphere was transformed into an environment with oxygen
When single-celled organisms started photosynthesis about 3 billion years ago, doors opened for today’s life