Ecology

AI generated Mickey Mouse? Disney opens the doors to OpenAI and changes the rules of creativity (and gaming)

AI generated Mickey Mouse? Disney opens the doors to OpenAI and changes the rules of creativity (and gaming)

Image generated with AI. Disney And OpenAI they signed one historic agreement which directly relates the global entertainment industry and generative artificial intelligence platforms. The agreement, structured as a three-year licenseallows Sora, the system text-to-video of OpenAI designed to generate short videos from users’ textual requests, to use further 200 characters and environments from the Disney, Pixar, Marvel and Star ...

What is the Istanbul Canal, the controversial project that is causing discussion

What is the Istanbul Canal, the controversial project that is causing discussion

The route, in red, of the Kanal Istanbul Ambitious project promoted by the current Turkish government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Istanbul Channel (Kanal Istanbul) is a 45 km artificial canal designed to connect the Black Sea to the Sea of ​​Marmara, with the aim of alleviating naval traffic currently concentrated in the Bosphorus. The initiative would give Turkey a ...

Two parachutists crash and die in Fano: why the collision of two parachutes is so dangerous

Two parachutists crash and die in Fano: why the collision of two parachutes is so dangerous

Image generated with AI. The two expert parachutists Ermes Zampa (70 years old) e Violetta Laiketsion (63 years old) died in a dramatic accident during a launch in Fanoin the Marche region, on Sunday 14 December 2025. According to the testimonies of those present, in particular of Roberto Masciodirector of the local parachuting school, the caps of the two parachutes ...

What are the 5 smallest independent states in the world? Test yourself with the Geopop quiz

What are the 5 smallest independent states in the world? Test yourself with the Geopop quiz

To be considered independent, one State must meet several requirements, including a territory – although tiny – on which to exercise one’s own sovereignty. But could you indicate which ones are the 5 smallest independent states in the world? Get ready to put yours to the test knowledge of geography and to find out where these micro-nations are hiding. We ...

December 15, 2025, how many °C was it today in previous years? Let's compare temperatures

December 15, 2025, how many °C was it today in previous years? Let’s compare temperatures

Many times we find ourselves wondering “But was it that cold last year?” or “But was it this hot in other years?”. These are questions that can be answered by searching through the meteorological archives, and that’s what we did: we bring you the temperatures of December 15th scheduled for Milan, Rome, Naples And Palermocompared with those of the same ...

14th-century Black Death in Europe linked to volcanic eruption: new study

14th-century Black Death in Europe linked to volcanic eruption: new study

Image generated with AI. At the origin of Black Deaththe epidemic that caused tens of millions of victims in Europe between 1347 and 1353, there might be volcanic eruptions occurred a short time ago. A new study, published in the journal, supports this Communications Earth & Environmentby researchers at the University of Cambridge and the Leibniz Institute for the History ...

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Italian lottery: how it works and what are the chances of winning

Italy Lottery Tickets 2024 The Italian Lottery is the national lottery which you can participate in by purchasing one or more 5 euro tickets and you can win prizes up to 5 million euros. In addition to the huge prizes announced in January, every year there are also daily prizes of 10,000 or 20,000 euros up for grabs, announced between ...

Why swimmers slap their chests before diving into the pool

Why swimmers slap their chests before diving into the pool

If you have seen any swimming competition on television, perhaps just in recent days during the European short course championships which took place in Lublinin Poland, with a great performance by our national team, winner of the medal table, you will have noticed that very often the athletes they beat their chestarms or legs just before entering the water. It ...

Because on the coldest days we see our breath

Because on the coldest days we see our breath

When it’s very cold outside, if we exhale with your mouth we see a sort of appear speech bubble which vanishes within a few moments. It hardly happens if we exhale with the noseunless the temperatures are very cold. And of course our breath is never seen when it’s not very cold outside. The “cloud” into which our breath transforms ...