They exist magnetic levitation trains, the Maglev, who travel more than 505 km/h thanks to a technology that levitates them above the tracks, i.e. keeps them suspended 10 cm from the tracks without touching them. In short, they fly! All this thanks to a complex magnetic field system which, by exploiting the magic of physics, allow these trains to reduce ...
Lunar eclipse imaged from Texas in 2019. Credits: Neal Simpson, CC BY–ND 2.0, via Flickr. Tuesday 3 March 2026 at 12.04pm Italian time there will be an astronomical show not to be missed: antotal lunar eclipsealso nicknamed “Blood Moon” due to the reddish color assumed by our natural satellite during the totality phase of the eclipse. It is about thelast ...
The dolphin Mimmo in the Venice Lagoon. Credit: Bearzi G. et al. (2026) Walking through Piazza San Marco in Venice it is possible to admire the Basilica with its famous Lion, the Doge’s Palace, the Clock Tower and, looking towards the water… the dolphin Mimmo. This is the nickname – along with “Nane” – that was given to a solitary ...
The conflict in the Middle East is expanding on a regional scale after the joint attack by the United States and Israel againstIran – in which the Ayatollah was killed Ali Khamenei – and the Iranian retaliation in various areas of the Gulf (with missiles hitting American bases, but also Israeli cities and other cities in the region such as ...
Image generated with AI based on the photo released by the Stellarium planetarium. The March sky 2026 will have several noteworthy celestial events in store for us, starting from the most important one of all, thetotal lunar eclipse on March 3. Although not visible from Italy, it represents an important event because it is thelast total lunar eclipse before a ...
It’s news in the last few hours that Strait of Hormuz was closed following the attack on February 28, 2026 (known as “Operation Epic Fury”) by the United States against Iran marked a point of no return. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a key transit point for global oil and liquefied natural gas trade 33 km wide (with ...
The lava flow recorded on Stromboli, today 2 March, at 08:36. Credit: INGV The Stromboli continue recordingmore intense volcanic activity than usual: as confirmed by the latest bulletin of the INGV Etna Observatory, the surveillance cameras observed a modest effusive activity from overflow from the North crater area, which produced a lava flow in the upper part of the Sciara ...
Artificial intelligence’s uncontainable hunger for resources is triggering a crisis in RAM memories, drying up global supplies and generating a domino effect which, ultimately, will increasingly impact the pockets of us end users. According to some market analyzes carried out by researchers at CounterpointResearch (a company specializing in market research in the tech world) so far we have witnessed a ...
Credits: BenAveling, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons THE’Etnaa fire giant who dominates the Sicilian landscape as well as a protagonist of several myths. But… if we were to talk about it, would we say that it is “wonderful” or “wonderful”? The apparently superficial and obvious question about the ambiguous gender of Etna (whose word derives from the Greek “Aitne”, ...
This simple experiment reveals one of the most fascinating mechanisms of the human visual system: thenegative afterimageor afterimage. As you keep your eyes still on the cross, the two halves of your retina are flooded with different colors, red on the left and green on the right. The photoreceptors responsible for those colors progressively tire, reducing their sensitivity. When you ...