Explorers is a 1985 American science fantasy film written by Eric Luke and directed by Joe Dante.The film stars Ethan Hawke and River Phoenix, both in their film debuts, and Jason Presson as teenage boys who build a spacecraft to explore outer space. The special effects were produced by Industrial Light & Magic, with make-up effects by Rob Bottin.. Rushed into …

Sir Thomas Warner (1580 – 10 March 1649) was a captain in the guards of James I of England who became an explorer in the Caribbean. In 1620 he served at the brief-lived English settlement of Oyapoc in present-day Guyana of South America, which was abandoned the same year. The Dutch controlled most of the territory. Warner is noted for settling on Saint Kitts and …

Louis „Lou“ Jay Pearlman (* 19.Juni 1954 in Queens, New York City, New York; † 19. August 2016 in Texarkana, Texas) war ein US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Musikmanager.Er wurde bekannt als Pop-Impresario der weltweit erfolgreichen Boy-Bands Backstreet Boys und *NSYNC.Im Mai 2008 wurde er zu einer 25-jährigen Haftstrafe wegen Verschwörung, …

Sir Alexander Fleming (* 6.August 1881 in Darvel, East Ayrshire, Schottland; † 11. März 1955 in London) war ein britischer Mediziner und Bakteriologe.Er erhielt 1945 als einer der Entdecker des Antibiotikums Penicillin den Nobelpreis.Außerdem entdeckte er das Lysozym, ein Enzym, das starke antibakterielle Eigenschaften aufweist und in verschiedenen Körpersekreten wie Tränen …

Il 28 aprile 1947 Heyerdahl salpò da Callao con un'imbarcazione di legno di balsa d'ispirazione incaica, il Kon-Tiki, trasportato dalla Corrente di Humboldt.Il 30 luglio l'equipaggio avvistò l'isola di Puka Puka, nell'arcipelago delle Tuamotu, e dopo un'altra settimana riuscì ad approdare sull'atollo di Raroia.Questa spedizione dimostrò la possibilità tecnica per le popolazioni ...