Ecology

Does the tin foil on windows trick really work? It can actually create problems

Does the tin foil on windows trick really work? It can actually create problems

The tinfoil window trick has a real scientific basis, but can cause damage such as breaking double glazing from thermal stress. While Western Europe is in the midst of a wave of heatwith temperatures around 10/12 °C above average and peaks beyond 40°C“do it yourself” remedies against the heat are very popular on social media, especially for homes without air ...

Why some cities in Italy are called Quarto, Quinto, Sesto: it's because of the signs of Ancient Rome

Why some cities in Italy are called Quarto, Quinto, Sesto: it’s because of the signs of Ancient Rome

Image created with AI for illustrative purposes. While traveling around Italy you will certainly have come across a series of toponyms that begin with a numeral. The cases are different and scattered throughout the country: Terzo d’Aquileia (Udine); Quarto Oggiaro (Milan); Quarto (Naples); Quinto Vicentino (Vicenza); Quinto Vercellese (Vercelli); Sesto Calende (Varese); Sesto San Giovanni (Milan); Sesto Fiorentino (Florence); Settimo ...

What is Solo maxxing, the Gen Z trend that celebrates single life and revalues ​​loneliness

What is Solo maxxing, the Gen Z trend that celebrates single life and revalues ​​loneliness

In recent years, a constellation of practices and narratives that revolve around the idea of “maximize yourself” (self-optimization) through the intentional reduction of social distractions, with creators and influencers chronicling and glorifying a life without partners and friends. In this context, the phenomenon that can be defined emerges “just maxxing”: a form of aestheticization of isolation in which loneliness is ...

The Black Sea turns turquoise due to the blooming of phytoplankton: NASA images of coccolithophores

The Black Sea turns turquoise due to the blooming of phytoplankton: NASA images of coccolithophores

Credit: NASA Earth Observatory by Michala Garrison The satellite PEACE of NASA (acronym for Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) immortalized the waters of the Black Sea in all their splendor… turquoise. Every year, in spring and summer, the Black Sea stops being black: its dark waters transform into an explosion of milky blue thanks to the blooming of phytoplankton, visible ...