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Una historia de la medicina escrita en tono divulgativo, que aborda conceptos fundamentales: el cuerpo humano, el cáncer, las moléculas, la genética, el envejecimiento, el colesterol, el cerebro, la cirugía o los trasplantes. Trata también de los últimos avances en medicina (la biónica, la domótica...) y no deja de lado cuestiones polémicas como la clonación o los errores médicos.

Amazing things go on in the woods: there are trees communicating with one another, trees lovingly caring for and looking after their offspring and their old and afflicted neighbours, trees with sensibilities, emotions, memory. Learn some fascinating stories about trees and enter a completely new world...

Why Are So Many Jews Millionaires? Jews are estimated to make up less than 1% of the world's population, yet approximately 25% of the world's billionaires are Jewish. Jews are always found on lists of the world's richest people. In 2009, 139 of the Forbes 400 were Jewish. Jews also comprise a very large number of history's most important figures, people who have had a profound impact on humanity. Approximately 35% of Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Jews. No other ethnic group has even come close to matching the abilities and accomplishments of Jews. Since such a large percent of the...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in cooperation with the International Water Association (IWA), has developed a rating system that assesses the performance of water and sanitation service providers in a comprehensive way. AquaRating: Un estándar internacional para evaluar los servicios de agua y saneamiento aims to provide an industry standard for utilities. The innovative rating system seeks the improvement of the service delivered by means of a rigorous and systematic assessment. AquaRating comprises more than 100 assessment elements organized in eight rating areas: Service...