If ice forms on the walls of the refrigerator, it’s our fault! Let’s open the refrigerator every day, and each time a small amount of air present in our kitchen enters it. This air contains water vapor which upon encountering the cold walls of the fridge can change state, transforming into that thin layer of ice also known as frost. ...
During the afternoon of yesterday, August 6, theEtna has resumed lively eruptive activity. As confirmed by the latest bulletin issued by INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology), the event was characterized by a strong phase explosive and from the formation of impressive lava fountainshave reached their peak of intensity between 11pm yesterday and 2am this morning. The phenomena were ...
Credits: PagoPA. With the publication in the Official Journal of the decree of 19 March 2026, which took place last 3 August, of two implementing decrees which concern IT-Walletthe system effectively enters a new important operational phase in which bureaucracy will be streamlined and documents will be easily available. In addition to allowing the conservation of the current (few) documents, ...
Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. The summit of Mont Blanc – today measured at approx 4805 m – was conquered for the first time 240 years ago, on 8 August 1786, by the doctor Michel Gabriel Paccard and by the crystal seeker Jacques Balmat. Two men from Chamonix completed the feat that marked the birth of mountaineering: ...
With the high temperatures of the heat waves that are affecting our country blood pressure tends to dropand it is a phenomenon as common as it is misunderstood: around “low blood pressure” there revolves a collection of handed down remedies (coffee, a glass of wine, slapping those who faint) which in most cases do not work or are even counterproductive. ...
The August 6, 1945 the United States dropped out Hiroshima the first atomic device in history used in a conflict. Among the tragic consequences of that day, which we all know, there is one that we discovered only a few months ago: the explosion gave life, for an instant, to a material which had never existed on Earth. A phase ...
Paleoartistic representation of the La Brea pool ecosystem in the late Pleistocene, with Spea labreae in the foreground, center and right, compared to other amphibian species in the area. Credit: Arturo Dávalos. A new extinct species of spade toadbelonging to the family of Scaphiopodidaewas identified thanks to the analysis of hundreds of fossil remains found in California. The discovery, published ...
Image generated with AI. If you have ever taken a trip by boat or plane, you will surely have heard of nautical miles And knots instead of kilometers and kilometers per hour. But have you ever wondered why those who sail or fly don’t use the same units of measurement as us? And, above all, why are there two different ...
The teeth in the polymetallic nodules found by NOAA. Credit: NOAA During an expedition with ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicle) in the very deep waters of Cook Islandsin the South Pacific, scientists from NOAA (the US body that deals with oceans and atmosphere) have recovered huge fossil shark teethmost likely belonging to megalodon (Otodus megalodon), blackened by a crust of iron ...
It has happened to many of us: we place an order on Amazon and the package arrives for delivery within a few hours or a few days. Behind these timing there is a logistics that combines the work of hundreds of people with a high level of proprietary technologies And optimized warehouses. In fact, forget the traditional idea of a ...