Michael Jackson in 1976 at age 17 (left), in 1984 at age 25 (center), and in 1997 at age 38 (right). Credit: via Wikimedia Commons It is one of the most widespread and deep-rooted urban legends in the history of pop music: Michael Jackson he would have denied his African-American origins, undergoing mysterious chemical and surgical treatments to “become white”. ...
The Sanzhi UFO Houses they represent one of the most fascinating and controversial case studies of modern architecture Taiwan. Originally located in the Sanzhi district and demolished in 2010, these saucer-shaped structures have long been one of the country’s leading examples of architectural failure. But for what reason? The Sanzhi “UFO houses” project The project, which began in the 1970s, ...
Athletes training in Kenya. Credit: via X.com Mexico City, 18 October 1968. In the first round of the Olympic final long jump men’s at the University Olympic Stadium, the 22-year-old American Bob Beamon amazes the whole world by touching the ground after a jump 8.90 metersimproving the previous world record by 55 centimetres. The optical device installed to measure the ...
Looking at a newbornwe often ask ourselves: is his mind like a computer with an empty hard disk, or does he already have a “operating system“? For centuries it was believed that the infant brain was a blank canvas or, as the philosopher argued John Lockeone “clean slate“. Today knowledge on the subject has progressed greatly and, despite the complexity ...
The Apuan Alps they represent a deep and magnificent scar on the skin of Italy, where the white color of the marble mixes with shadowy gorges and sharp peaks. Here, between the smoke of the quarries and the millennial silence of the rock, nature has worked for geological eras like a patient alchemist, combining chemical elements under extreme pressures and ...
The April 25th it is the anniversary of the liberation of Italy, the day on which our country celebrates the liberation from the fascist regime and occupation by the Nazis. The date was chosen because April 25, 1945 took place the insurrection of the population in the Italian regions occupied by the Germans and fascists. The insurrection was the final ...
One of the mummies found in the necropolis. Credit: Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism To Al Bahnasaancient Oxyrhynchus, in Egypt, the Archaeological Mission of the University of Barcelona concluded the 2025-2026 campaign with a definite discovery unprecedented in the history of archaeology: a papyrus fragment with verses fromHomer’s Iliaddeliberately placed inside the bandaging a mummy from the late Roman ...
The frustration that comes with having a unstable or excessively slow Internet connection it’s an experience that we’ve all experienced from time to time, at least once. And when this issue interferes with our daily activities, such as work video calls or streaming a movie, frustration can skyrocket. When this happens we tend to immediately blame our Internet service provider, ...
It is not a deception and artificial intelligence has nothing to do with it. Let’s talk about a drug born to cure type 2 diabetes, but which today has become the object of global desire for another purpose: the fast weight loss. It is the GLP-1R agonist known commercially as Ozempic®. But this is not just a pharmaceutical story, it ...
The Ferrari Hypersail livery. Credit: Ferrari SpA Press Release, Maranello, 21 April 2026 A 30 meter ocean racing prototype (100 feet) designed to literally fly over water thanks to foildesigned to challenge world records and powered entirely by renewable energy. Is called Ferrari Hypersailand it is one of the most ambitious engineering projects that the Prancing Horse has ever undertaken ...