In the cold months, cats seem to spend more time snoozing, often curled up in warm corners, under blankets or curled up near radiators. The tendency to sleep more during the winter is not a coincidence, nor even a sign of laziness: it is a behavior deeply rooted in biology andfeline evolution. In fact, domestic cats initially evolved as predatorsand ...
For many, the mathematics it is an elegant language that describes the universe; for others, it is one constant source of anxiety and frustration. Why is there such a clear divide? Modern science tells us that difficulty in mathematicswhich in the most severe cases can lead to developmental dyscalculia, are not simply the result of poor commitment or bad education. ...
Credit: Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism of Egypt. A archaeological mission joint Egyptian-Chinese Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquitiesof thePeking University and of theShandong Institute of Archaeology led to a new archaeological discovery a Tel Aziznear Mit Rahina, in the area of Gizain Egypt. Scholars have brought to light one limestone structure which would have been part of the Temple of ...
WhatsApp is testing a feature that will allow you to schedule messages to be sent directly to chats. The new feature will allow you to write a text, choose the date and time and let the app do everything, which will deliver the message automatically at the set time, without further intervention by the user. The function was born from ...
A group of researchers from the Free University of Bolzano has “engineered” plants by equipping them with nanoparticles (i.e. particles with a size between 1 and 100 nanometers) of a synthetic polymer, able to increase their ability to absorb sunlight and photosynthesize: the results were described in the study Conjugated polymer nanoparticles boosting growth and photosynthesis in biohybrid plantspublished in ...
The SLS rocket of the Artemis II mission on the launch pad. Credit: NASA/John Kraus The mission Artemis II of NASA intended to bring humans back into orbit around the Moon will no longer start in March, as previously stated by NASA, but in April, with the first useful opportunity for 8.29pm local time on April 1st (2.29am on April ...
The lava flow along the Sciara di Fuoco of the Stromboli volcano, recorded at 08:12 on 23 February. Credit: INGV The Stromboli triggered a more intense than normal volcanic activity, characterized by a lava flow in the upper part of the Sciara del Fuoco. As reported in the latest bulletin of the INGV Etna Observatory, from 00:00 today, February 23, ...
The Italian short track national team celebrates the gold medal in the mixed relay – via Italia Team, x.com Italy had never won so much at the Winter Olympic Games. It was in Milan-Cortina surpassed the historical record of the 20 medals won at Lillehammer 1994, a result that for years had seemed almost unattainable. And instead it arrived, with ...
With Lyria 3 from Google is now possible create short songs directly inside the Gemini appsimply using a textual description or visual content as a starting point. Lyria 3 is the new music generation model developed by Google DeepMind and allows you to get audio clip of approximately 30 seconds which combine music and synthetic voice. It can also automatically ...
The Ice Memory Sanctuary. Credit: Rocco Ascione / PNRA – ENEA In Antarctica was inaugurated onIce Memory Sanctuarya cavity dug into the ice beneath the Concordia Station where they will be preserved at an average temperature of approx -50°C cores taken from glaciers around the world, including the Alps. These samples preserve the evidence of the composition of the atmosphere ...