Silica gel is that material in granules that we find, among other things, in the famous “DO NOT EAT” sachets, often stuck in shoe boxes and in packaging in general. Its function is as “simple” as it is important: absorb moisture. Precisely because of this dehydrating capacity it is also used in other areas, where it is necessary to keep ...
Germany has a serious problem with raccoons: today it is estimated there are more than raccoons in the country 2 million. Let’s talk about one invasive species of North American origin which, although it may soften us with its appearance, is causing quite a few headaches: their number has grown at least 60 times in the last 25 years, putting ...
Gemini Agent from Google is official. After announcing the new Gemini 3 model, Google has also materialized its first one AI agentwhich presents itself as aoperational extension of Gemini 3 Procapable not only of analyzing information but also of organizing, searching, compiling and acting on the user’s behalf in concrete contexts. The idea is to offer support that manages complex ...
The Cocos Islands, in the Indian Ocean, the subject of the study. Credit: NASA Many islands located in the middle of the ocean they contain rocky materials that appear to come from the continents from which they are very far away. The reason for this characteristic has long remained a mystery: now a team of researchers from the University of ...
There Daintree Forestin Queensland in north-eastern Australia, is often referred to as the oldest rainforest in the worldwith an estimated age between 130 and 180 million years. Its history is lost in time: some species that inhabit it date back to supercontinent Gondwanaexisted hundreds of millions of years ago. Very rare plants, thousand-year-old ferns and primitive flowers live here, together ...
“123456” continues to reign supreme as the most widespread password in the world. A negative record that it has held for 6 years now, on a ranking that has been drawn up by NordPass for 7 years with the independent consultancy of NordStellar. The sequence of the first 6 digits was also the most used in Italy last year, ousted ...
In Southern Italy one building in two is illegal: this is what Cresme (Centre for economic, sociological and market research in construction) and the Istat 2024 Bes (fair and sustainable well-being) report say. If in the North illegal dwellings are 4.3% of the total and in the Center they rise to 14.7%, the figure skyrockets in the South, reaching 40.2%. ...
Semeru volcano during eruption in East Java province, Indonesia. Credit: Reuters The Mount Semeruan active volcano on the Indonesian island of Javaerupted on November 19, 2025, causing a massive evacuation and triggering the highest level of alert. The volcano, in intense activity since November 13th with over 10 eruptions, with this violent eruption emitted a column of ash gray in ...
Sahara sand over Sardinia in a false-color image captured by the European satellite Copernicus Sentinel–3. Credit: ESA/Copernicus A large cloud of sand from the Sahara it overlooks Sardinia and Corsica in this image taken by the European earth monitoring satellite Sentinel-3 of the network Copernicus a few days ago, November 14th. This satellite image is in false colors because it ...
In some videos that have recently appeared on the web, a spectacular “Volnado”, as it was named by the media, developed over theOcean Pacific and produced by the recent eruption of the Kilauea volcanoin Hawaii, last November 9, 2025. It’s a small one tornado – that is, a whirlwind – which can rarely form during a volcanic eruption due to ...