The fruit of the Garden of Eden, eaten by Adam and Eveit wasn’t an apple. Or rather, the book of Genesis, which tells the story, does not specify what fruit it was and just talks about «tree of knowledge of good and evil». The idea that the fruit was an …
Saharan dust arriving over Europe: yellowish and milky skies, because it is increasing
Sahara dust storm over the suburbs of Lisbon, Portugal Yellowish skies and milky atmospheres: in recent years the increasingly frequent and imposing presence of Saharan dust above i European skies it has become a constant in our summers. This is not a simple and extemporaneous phenomenon of color, but the …
Do video games change the brain? What studies say about attention, memory and reward
“Video games train the brain”, a cliché, but also a question that neuroscientists have been asking themselves for years: a frequently repeated activity, such as playing a video game, can it really change the way the brain works? Playing is not trivial: you have to constantly and simultaneously follow what …
