The Christmas is upon us, and like it or not we will enter the (for some infernal) circuit of the gods gifts. We might as well know what’s going on in our heads! The gesture of giving and receiving activates deep circuits in our brain related to gratification and to social connection. Science reveals to us that behind the exchange ...
The photo editing it has accompanied photography since the very first experiments of the nineteenth century. Already a few years after the first images fixed on plate, we realized that photography was not only the capture of reality but also construction: a terrain in which to intervene to correct, emphasize or reinvent the scene. From manual manipulations on glass and ...
Credit: Sara Risaliti (Saryz0), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The ex-votos are objects offered to God or a saint to thank him after the realization of an event considered miraculous or to invoke his protection, they are generally donated to a sanctuary, which displays them in special rooms. The ex voto “for grace received” they can be made for the most ...
The scents that surround us during Christmas and holidays derive from the essential oils of the various spices used in sweet and savory preparations or in decorations (think of the fir tree on the Christmas tree). They are responsible small volatile molecules (Volatile Organics Compounds, VOCs) emitted by spices, decorations and typical foods of the period, which easily evaporate and ...
Three lines inside a circle: the symbol of Peace (☮) is absolutely one of the most recognisableyet not everyone knows its origin. Despite what we might think, this was not born as a symbol of peace but of the movement for peace nuclear disarmament in the 60s. History and origins: who invented it and when The symbol was officially born ...
We offer you a hand coordination game, which has gone viral on the web in recent weeks, in which participants are asked to touch a sequence of sheets using different combinations of fists and open hands. We start from the bottom, open the hands where there is the drawing of the open hand, and close the fist where there is ...
Ice is used in cooking to cause one thermal shock, a technique that exploits a rapid and marked change in temperature to control the physical and chemical transformations of foods. Depending on the context it can be used for block unwanted processeswhich can lead to the formation of dark spots, as in the case of whitening of vegetables, where they ...
Credit: ChinaNews, via In a desert area located in the Chinese region of Xinjiang the maiden flight of theS1500the flying wind turbine of greater size And capacity never built, capable of exploiting the winds at an altitude of 1500 meters to generate 1MW of electrical power. This technology, born from the collaboration between the Beijing SAWES Energy Technology Company, the ...
The Christmas it is a Christian holiday which occurs on December 25th and celebrates the birth of Jesus. In the liturgical year it is preceded byAdvent and marks the beginning of the Christmas holidays, which end withEpiphany on January 6th. It is one of the most widespread religious and cultural celebrations in the world, originally created to celebrate the Nativity ...
Credit: Steve Shattuck from Canberra, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons No eyes, cannibalistic habits and the primacy of “faster bite” in the animal kingdom: the ant Mystrium camillae it is certainly one of the most bizarre products of biological evolution. This rare species of subterranean ant belongs to the subfamily Amblyoponinae, commonly calledDracula ants” or vampire ants for ...