Ecology

DarkSword, the new malware that affects iPhones and steals data: Apple recommends updating iOS

DarkSword, the new malware that affects iPhones and steals data: Apple recommends updating iOS

AI-generated image for illustrative purposes only. DarkSword is the name given by a group of cybersecurity researchers to a new malware designed to target iPhoneswith the main goal of stealing personal information and, potentially, even cryptocurrencies. The analyzes conducted by the experts of Google Threat Intelligence Group and security companies, such as Lookout And iVerifyindicate that these attacks were observed ...

Because new roads have that distinctive asphalt smell: the chemistry of the bitumen and the heat

Because new roads have that distinctive asphalt smell: the chemistry of the bitumen and the heat

One of the strongest signs we notice when a road paving, in addition to diversions and construction tools, it is a strong and pungent odor wafting through the air, so typical that many immediately associate it with roadworks. The characteristic smell of asphalt arises from the emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) issued by bitumenthe viscous residue from petroleum refining ...

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Google Live Search is not (yet) available in Italy: why some users have it and others don’t

Credit: Google. No, that’s not true “Live Search” of Google (an AI-based conversational voice version of the search engine) is available in Italy, nor has it been released globally. This was reported by the Mountain View giant in a note sent to the portal Engadget who, in an article, had initially stated the opposite. This means that, even if some ...

Melting Iceberg A-23a Fuels Phytoplankton Blooms in Ocean: View from Space

Melting Iceberg A-23a Fuels Phytoplankton Blooms in Ocean: View from Space

The phytoplankton bloom captured by satellites in late January 2026 (green indicates a higher concentration of chlorophyll). Credit: NASA THE’iceberg A23awhich has long been one of the largest and longest-lived ever observed in the world, after 40 years since its detachment from Antarctica broke up in the South Atlantic into smaller icebergswhich upon melting feed a vast bloom of phytoplankton. ...

5 inventions that we owe to the First World War and that we still use today

5 inventions that we owe to the First World War and that we still use today

Among them tens and twenties of the twentieth centuryin conjunction with the First World War, some inventions were developed whose discovery was facilitated, in various ways, by the war context and the consequences linked to the war itself. In a context in which society was evolving rapidly and the technology was becoming more and more popular need to adapt to ...

Earthquake in Friuli-Venezia Giulia of magnitude 3.9, epicenter in the province of Udine

Earthquake in Friuli-Venezia Giulia of magnitude 3.9, epicenter in the province of Udine

Earthquake in the province of Udine with a magnitude of 3.9. A shock of earthquake Of magnitude 3.9 hit the province of Udine today March 19th, at 11:28. According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located 2 km from Moggio Udinesea small village of around 1700 inhabitants located 40 km from the center of Udine. The hypocenter, ...

Why do we gesture when talking on the phone? The neuroscientific explanation

Why do we gesture when talking on the phone? The neuroscientific explanation

Have you ever walked down the street and noticed someone fidgeting, smiling and waving their hands in the air while talking on the phone? Or maybe you’re the one gesturing during a phone call, walking up and down the room. It might seem like just a bizarre habit, but in reality something much deeper is hidden behind this behavior: our ...

The Hormuz blockade also affects the production of helium, vital for semiconductors and chips

The Hormuz blockade also affects the production of helium, vital for semiconductors and chips

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz interrupted 30% of the trade of helium, essential for the manufacture of semiconductors. The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure in the Persian Gulf have disrupted the 30% of the exchanges of heliuma gas that plays a crucial role in semiconductor manufacturing. Let’s talk about a cryogenic gasthat ...

equinozio primavera

Spring Equinox 2026: what it is, when it arrives and why it won’t fall on March 21 until 2102

Spring begins: Friday 20 March 2025 at 3.46pm Italians fallsspring equinoxthe moment in which the Sun crosses the celestial equator thus officially beginning the summer. The spring equinox is one of the two moments of the year – together with the autumn equinox – in which the Sun “crosses” the equator: in March it “enters” the northern hemisphere, while in ...