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What is the main religion of each country in Oceania?

What is the main religion of each country in Oceania?

Here is a list with the main religion of each country in Oceania, arranged alphabetically, where Christianity is the predominant religion of the continent: Australia: Protestantism (28.8). Fiji: Protestantism (45). Marshall Islands: Protestantism (54) , 8) Solomon Islands: Protestantism (73,4).

Roman coins: the antoninian and the crisis of the third century

Roman coins: the antoninian and the crisis of the third century

The Antoninian, created in 215, was the most widely used coin in the 3rd century. These small pieces of fleece (an alloy of silver and copper) have become the icon of the so-called crisis of the third century, the consequences of which affected the entire Empire. From 235 and over 50 years, continuous struggles for power , territorial ruptures and a deep economic and social crisis ended up transforming the Roman way of life.

The 'Rubik's cube', the best-selling toy of all time

The 'Rubik's cube', the best-selling toy of all time

Technically, its name is "three-dimensional mechanical puzzle", but everyone knows it as a 'Rubik's cube'. It is nothing less than the best-selling toy of all time, with more than 350 million units.The Rubik's Cube was invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik, who on January 30, 1975 requested the patent for a device initially called a magic cube ('Buvuos Kocka' in Hungarian).

The Prado Museum dedicates its second online course to Bosco

The Prado Museum dedicates its second online course to Bosco

In the year that the Prado Museum celebrates its Bicentennial, and after recently celebrating the 500th anniversary of his death, Bosco becomes the second protagonist of a MOOC in which his work, his style and his way of understanding are analyzed The Prado Museum and Telefónica today presented "El Bosco en el Museo del Prado" with the aim of sharing the knowledge of this painting icon through an online course, which will be offered free of charge and exclusively through the Miríadax platform.

Dinosaurs: Anserimimus, the goose impersonator

Dinosaurs: Anserimimus, the goose impersonator

Anserimimus sheet Translation: Goose impersonator (flat-clawed) Description: Carnivore, bipedal Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: Tetanurae Superfamily: Ornithomimosauria (of the microorder Coelurosauria) Family: Upper Ornithomimus Dinosaur Length: Cretimerimidae Length: 50 meters Crethous Dinosaur Height: 3 kg Anserimus genus Height: 50 meters who lived in the Cretaceous period in what is now Mongolia.

Slavic mythology: the god Chernabog

Slavic mythology: the god Chernabog

Chernabog is a god of Slavic mythology whose name means "black god", of which there are very few references or sources, the only known ones being a Christian chronicle from the 12th century and an Icelandic legend from the 10th century, where he is described as a dark and cursed deity, also spelled Chernobog, Crnobog, Czernobóg, Zernebog, or Czernobog.

Bajadasaurus pronuspinax: new dinosaur with incredible defense weapons

Bajadasaurus pronuspinax: new dinosaur with incredible defense weapons

140 million years ago, to defend itself against predators, a hitherto unknown species of herbivorous dinosaur developed a curious trait: Bajadasaurus pronuspinax sported long, thin spines that grew from its back and neck. No one has any idea what those fights were like. and you fight for survival, but what the scientists who found the remains of this specimen in the north of Argentine Patagonia, about 9 meters long, do know is that the animal was the most colorful.

New strategies to develop and promote Herculaneum

New strategies to develop and promote Herculaneum

The administrators of the Herculaneum archaeological park, Pompeii's sister city, have commented that for this year they hope to be able to carry out various plans to improve the place, and hope to achieve with this that visitors continue to increase (last year it grew by 9 in total Among the plans to be developed are the permanent opening of the ancient theater, the holding of exhibitions throughout the area and restoration work in the domus.

Megaloceros matritensis: the giant deer that populated the Manzanares river valley in the Pleistocene

Megaloceros matritensis: the giant deer that populated the Manzanares river valley in the Pleistocene

The researcher at the National Museum of Natural Sciences (MNCN-CSIC) Jan van der Made has described a more recent descendant of Megaloceros savini, which is a dwarf form of the giant deer group. The new species, called Megaloceros matritensis, is closely related with others of the genus of giant deer Megaloceros.

Dinosaurs: Alxasaurus, the Mongolian desert dinosaur

Dinosaurs: Alxasaurus, the Mongolian desert dinosaur

Alxasaurus Sheet Translation: Alxa Lizard (Alxa is a Mongolian desert) Description: Probably herbivorous and bipedal Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infraorder: Therizinosauroidea Family: Alxasaururidae Height: 1.75 meters Length: 4 meters Dinosaur Period: Unusual Early Cretian Period: Late Cretian Oldest known Segnosaurus.

They reveal the keys to the mystery of the origin of vertebrates

They reveal the keys to the mystery of the origin of vertebrates

Vertebrates form a diverse group of species that have colonized almost all of the planet's ecosystems. For years, the scientific community has debated the changes in the genome that enabled this animal evolutionary success. Finally, an international team of scientists has managed to uncover the mechanisms that facilitated this transition from invertebrates to vertebrates.

The San Antonio frog, great survivor of the ice ages

The San Antonio frog, great survivor of the ice ages

The San Antonio frog, Hyla molleri, is a widely distributed species in the Iberian Peninsula. Despite its small size, it has a greater tolerance to cold than other amphibians; in fact, there are populations that live at sea level, on the Atlantic and Cantabrian coasts, and others at more than 2,000 meters of altitude in the Central System.

2019: Celebration of 150 years of the periodic table created by Mendeleev

2019: Celebration of 150 years of the periodic table created by Mendeleev

The elements of nature have been grouped in various ways throughout history, but it was 150 years ago when the Russian Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (Tobolsk, 1834 - Saint Petersburg, 1907) presented a periodic table to bring them all together, including those yet to be discovered. With input from other scientists, this table has become the colorful heart of chemistry we know today.

They find the tomb of Cleopatra 50 km from Alexandria! Oh yeah?

They find the tomb of Cleopatra 50 km from Alexandria! Oh yeah?

The news of the day, of the week, month, year and century, has been published this week: they have found the tomb of Cleopatra! Later in the text you will be able to read the real news, but first, a brief reflection. This is how we find it in media such as "El Confidencial", "El Español", or even in "Bolsamanía".

Why was the megalodon so big? This is how giant sharks evolved

Why was the megalodon so big? This is how giant sharks evolved

Why did the megalodon get so large and other sharks do not exceed 15 centimeters? One of the most famous giant sharks is the megalodon, an active predator that could have been 18 meters in length and that became extinct about two million years ago However, the whale shark, which exists today, can also reach similar dimensions, without being a predator of large prey, since it is a filter feeder that feeds exclusively on plankton, a very different diet.

Granite from more than 320 million years ago at the gates of a geological museum

Granite from more than 320 million years ago at the gates of a geological museum

The granite rocks of the Salamanca town of Juzbado were formed between 320 and 340 million years ago. They are deformed, precisely, because they are older than the fault in the terrain on which they are located.The data agrees with other dates in the surroundings and reveals that the geological origin of the area dates back to the collision that gave rise to the supercontinent Pangea. according to an international investigation in which the University of Salamanca and the Museo de la Falla, located in this municipality, have participated.

Slavic mythology: the god Dažbog

Slavic mythology: the god Dažbog

Dabog (Dažbog) was one of the main gods of Slavic mythology, most likely a solar deity and possibly a cultural hero. He is one of several authentic Slavic gods, mentioned in various medieval writings and one of the few Slavic gods about whom evidence of worship can be found in all Slavic nations.

Dinosaurs: Alvarezsaurus

Dinosaurs: Alvarezsaurus

Alvarezsaurus file Translation: Alvarez Lizard (Gregorio Alvarez) Description: Carnivore, bipedal Order: Saurischia Suborder: Theropoda Infrastructure: Tetanurae Microorder: Alvarezsauria (from the Coelurosauria microorder) Family: Alvarezsauridae Upper desert height: 1.4 meters, Argentina Creme Length: 1.4 kg Length: 3 kg, Neuquénicole Alvarezsaurus remains did not include its skull or forelimbs.

A legless lizard lived in Murcia a million years ago

A legless lizard lived in Murcia a million years ago

Hugues-Alexandre Blain, researcher at the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution (IPHES), in collaboration with Salvador Bailon from the National Museum of Natural History in Paris (MNHN), have described a new species of legless lizard measuring about 40 cm in height. length of the genus Ophisaurus, family of the anguidae like the lucion, present today in the Iberian Peninsula.

Study shows that an earthquake in Italy in the 5th century damaged famous Roman buildings

Study shows that an earthquake in Italy in the 5th century damaged famous Roman buildings

New research determined that the geological fault system in central Italy, which produced the deadly earthquake in 2016, was also responsible for an earthquake in the 5th century that damaged many Roman monuments, including the Colosseum. Vettore, which winds through the Apennines, ruptured on the night of August 24, 2016, generating a magnitude 6 earthquake.