Ecology

The highest cable-stayed bridge is in France: the Millau Viaduct measures 343m and surpasses the Eiffel Tower

The highest cable-stayed bridge is in France: the Millau Viaduct measures 343m and surpasses the Eiffel Tower

In the south of France, in the region ofOccitania (department of Aveyron), the Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de Millau) represents one of the highest points of contemporary structural engineering. Designed and created by the French structural engineer Michael Virlogeux and by the English architect Foster, the work crosses the Tarn river valley ensuring the continuity of the A75 motorway (La Méridienne) ...

The solar eclipse in art, 7 works on the astronomical event: from Grosz to the historic photo by Berkowski

The solar eclipse in art, 7 works on the astronomical event: from Grosz to the historic photo by Berkowski

Antoine Caron, Dionysus the Aeropagite Converts the Pagan Philosophers, 1570–1580, Getty Museum. Public Domain (detail) When the Sun, Earth and Moon are perfectly aligned, the Moon projects a cone of shadow on the Earth’s surface, obscuring the Sun: this is what happens asolar eclipse, a rather rare astronomical and optical phenomenon. After 27 years of absence, and for only the ...

In human DNA there is 1.1% of "ghost" ancestors from over 50 thousand years ago: the study that reveals it

In human DNA there is 1.1% of “ghost” ancestors from over 50 thousand years ago: the study that reveals it

In the DNA of the people living today there are small fragments left inherited from ancient human groups of which we do not possess any genome. It’s about populations still without a precise identitythat’s why researchers call them “ghost”. A study published in Science identified these traces in all modern populations analyzed. An unknown first human lineage would have left ...

New eruption of Etna with lava fountains and ash cloud, temporary stop to flights to Catania

New eruption of Etna with lava fountains and ash cloud, temporary stop to flights to Catania

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 ...

IT-Wallet on the IO app, digital documents for the Public Administration arrive: what changes

IT-Wallet on the IO app, digital documents for the Public Administration arrive: what changes

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, ...

A new metal alloy was discovered in Hiroshima: it was formed in the atomic explosion

A new metal alloy was discovered in Hiroshima: it was formed in the atomic explosion

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 ...

Unknown fossil toad, lived between 45,000 and 11,000 years ago, emerged from the La Brea tar pits

Unknown fossil toad, lived between 45,000 and 11,000 years ago, emerged from the La Brea tar pits

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 ...