The human brain it is one of the most efficient information processing systems ever observed, it just consumes 20 watts to power 86 billion neuronsmanaging cognitive tasks of very high complexity.With a mass of approximately 1.3–1.4 kg, equal to just over 2% of body weight, the human brain consumes approximately 20% of the body’s basal metabolism. In terms of power, ...
Representative image of the Doomsday Clock, generated with AI. «85 seconds until midnight»: this is the time that the hands of the Doomsday Clock are marking 2026, but what does it mean? The Doomsday Clock it is a symbol, a reminder, a metaphor that reminds the public how close we are to destroying our world with technologies of our own ...
On the evening of Remembrance Day 2026 and on 28 January, Rai 1 pays homage to the victims of the Holocaust with fiction Morbo K, whoever saves a life, saves the whole world by Francesco Patierno. Although there are fictionalized elements within it, the series tells the true story of the doctor Giovanni Borromeohead physician at the Fatebenefratelli hospital who ...
Every year, it’s always the same story: in common perception, January it seems to never end. Yet it has 31 days, just like other months of the year… so how is it possible that many people perceive it as a month “infinite”? The main reason is the fact that January is mostly a month of work, which comes right after ...
Credit: NTSB The Washington plane crash it was the result of a “multitude of errors” and of systemic problems linked to various organizations: this is what is established by National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB, the US transportation safety agency) on the disaster that the January 29, 2025 caused the death of 67 people following the collision between an airliner and ...
There condensing boiler it is a latest generation thermal system, characterized by high energy efficiency obtained through the recovery of a substantial fraction of thermal energy produced which, in the traditional boilerswould come irreversibly missing. The operation is based on innovative technologies that optimize energy consumption, ensuring high performance and a reduction inuse of methane gaswith a consequent decrease in ...
Under the Bermudathe North Atlantic archipelago off the US coast, the Earth’s mantle hides a anomalous rock structure: not very dense and over 20 km thick, it acts as a “buffer” keeping the islands raised and making them emerge from the sea. It is this structure that explains so that Bermuda didn’t sink when the mantle magma stopped fueling their ...
TO Davos investors, economists and political decision makers are wondering about the near future of the global economy and on new geopolitical balances. In an increasingly fragmented world, the questions that cyclically return to the center of the debate are always the same: how to cooperate in a context of growing tensions, where to find new sources of growth, how ...
From radiators to freezers, right down to your feet: aluminum foil is often the protagonist of winter DIY tricks. But do they really work? If the trick of the reflective panel behind the radiator has a scientific basis, wrap your feet in foil to keep them warm – as many viral videos on TikTok suggest – is an idea that ...
It is one of the simplest operations to do and also one of the most effective for improving the responsiveness of your Android smartphone. We are referring to the clearing the cache. When we browse the web or use apps, the system automatically saves a large amount of temporary files, which are useful for faster reloading of content already viewed ...