Car windshields, monuments, balconies and, for the unluckiest, clothes: they are all targets of bird “poop”, that whitish substance with darker, greenish or brown parts. But what is it exactly? Is it feces or is it pee? And why is it white? The short answer is: both. Birds, in fact, do everything at once for evolutionary and adaptation reasons. Unlike ...
Image generated with AI. The tampering of YouTube channels is causing a sensation Andrea Galeazzione of the best-known technology reviewers in Italy with 1.4 million subscribers on Google’s video platform. Cybercriminals have effectively transformed the platforms of the 52-year-old Milanese YouTuber into “showcases” for cryptocurrency-related scams, not through an attack conducted by violating a weak password, but with a well-studied ...
The personalized boarding pass created by NASA for the Artemis II mission. Credit: NASA There NASA is preparing for bring back the man (and the first woman) near the Moon: the mission is scheduled to launch between 6 and 11 February 2026 Artemis IIduring which 4 astronauts they will orbit around our natural satellite for the first time since 1972. ...
The Anti-coercion toolalso defined by Brussels as “commercial bazooka”, is the response the EU could use against Donald Trumpafter the US President threatened the eight European states that have sent military forces to Greenland – Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom – of increase duties to imports of al. products 10% from February 1st ...
Storm surge in Sicily due to storm Harry. It is being mitigated exceptional bad weather which has hit Sicily, Sardinia and Calabria in recent days as a result of the storm Harryeven if thered alert of the Civil Protection for today and tomorrow. In the last few hours the minimum of the depression is moving eastwards and the instability is ...
An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 it hit yesterday at 00:28 there North-eastern Sicily, with epicenter 2 km from Militello Rosemary, in the province of Messina, as confirmed by INGV. The earthquake was distinctly felt throughout the area and recorded a depth of just 8km. The first earthquake was followed by 3 others with the same epicenter, respectively of magnitude 2.6, ...
The train accident that occurred in Gelida, Catalonia (Spain). Credit: Pol Trilles, via Just 2 days after the tragedy in Andalusia, in Spain there was a new train accident: a regional Catalan Rodalies train derailed near Frosty (Barcelona), after colliding with a retaining wall of the AP-7 highway, collapsed on the tracks probably due to heavy rain. The accident occurred ...
There’s been a lot of talk these days about the new European regulation on packaging. Unfortunately there has been a lot of confusion. In fact, some newspapers have announced (in a somewhat alarmist tone) that “from this summer” or “from August 2026” we will no longer see ketchup or mayonnaise sachets. Let’s immediately dot the i’s: this is not the ...
On the morning of January 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger it disintegrated 73 seconds after liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. All seven crew members died. The disaster was caused by a design error of the rockets used in the first launch phase and the unusual cold, which did not allow the rubber seals to expand correctly ...
In Andalusia, in Spain, two trains derailed causing 41 victims and beyond 150 injured – even if the toll could worsen further in the coming hours. The accident occurred around 7.45pm on Sunday 18 January, at the height of Adamuznear Cordova: a first train of the company was involved in the disaster Iryodirect from Malaga to Madrid, and a second ...