Stop to observe a pigeon (Columba livia) while walking in a square or along a street and you will see that Moves head rhythmically back and fortheven rather quickly. This rhythmic movement of the head is known as “head bobbing“, precisely “swinging head” in English, and is used to stabilize the field of vision while the bird walks. In reality, ...
Federica Brignone at the finish line of the Olimpia delle Tofane slope. Credit: CONI, via “I would trade the two golds for life before the injury.” The company of Federica Brignonedouble downhill and giant slalom champion Winter Olympic Games of Milan-Cortina, is contained in this sentence. Very powerful. The last 10 months of the 35-year-old from Valle d’Aosta are the ...
The gossip – sharing indiscreet or unverified information or news without the knowledge of the person concerned – is a behavior that human beings have been practicing since ancient times. Originally it had a very specific function: it served to strengthen tiesto share information and define roles within the company. Over time someone’s gossip has turned into a tool to ...
The discovery of an ancient bacterium, Psychrobacter SC65A.3dated 5000 years under the ice of Scărișoara cave in Romania it can be good and bad news at the same time. The article published on Frontiers Microbiology has shown that this bacterium is able to resist 10 antibiotics used in the modern world thanks to over 100 geniuses of resistance (the resistome). ...
It is, most likely, one of the most divisive dilemmas among enthusiasts of the IT world: you have to leave the PC always on or turn it off at least once a week? The answer depends on multiple factors. For most of us, the best choice is to alternate the comfort of sleep during habitual use with a periodic reboot ...
There Lentaccording to Christian tradition, is a period of penance and spiritual preparation lasting 40 dayswhich is made before Easter. According to the Roman rite, Lent start The Ash Wednesdaywhich this year falls on February 18, 2026, and continues for six weeks until Holy Thursday (i.e. the last Thursday before Easter). From an etymological point of view, the term “Lent” ...
AI-generated image showing the transceiver device. In the last few days several Alpine locations were affected by avalancheswhich in some cases also overwhelmed people: while a Livigno an avalanche broke off at Carosello 3000, overwhelming one snowboardera Courmayeur a block of snow broke away from the slope of Mont Blanc, descending to a ski area where several athletes were located. ...
For years we have imagined the brain of a newborn like a blank slate, one white board who awaits experience to learn to distinguish the world. It was thought that the ability to classify objects (understanding what a dog is and what a stone is) came only after many months of observation. However, a new study conducted on over 100 ...
Doctors and resources poorly distributed, regional inequalities and patchy laws. For these reasons the expectations for a visit with the National Health Service (NHS) they can last more than a year. According to the ISTAT annual report 2025in 2024 approximately one person in ten (9.9 percent) reported having given up specialist visits or tests in the last twelve months, mainly ...
Image generated with AI The custom of the Olympians of bite the medals it originates from an ancient tradition which involved a sort of test, by the merchantson the coins they received as payment. These, in fact, bit them to verify theirauthenticity and the same gesture, albeit in different conditions, was also practiced by the miners on the gold nuggets. ...