The eruption of Etna recorded by the INGV cameras. Credit: INGV A new eruptive episode is underwayEtna: according to what was reported by the INGV Etna Observatory, starting from 01:30 UTC (03:30 in Italy), the network of cameras observed Strombolian activity at the Crater Voragine. Volcanic activity, that is gradually intensified in the last few hours, it has been producing ...
The map of the new world heritage sites nominated by UNESCO. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, better known as UNESCOhe entered 25 new locations in the list of world heritage sites, during its 48th session organized in Busan, South Korea. Of these 25, 19 are cultural heritage sites, 5 are natural heritage sites and 1 is considered ...
Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only: the Antarctic ice cap is represented on the left, the Arctic ice cap on the right. The formation of the ice sheet that covers theAntarcticadating back to 34 million years agohas long been attributed solely to a global climate cooling. However, this does not explain why the Arctic ice cap formed only ...
Tongue-eating louse in the mouth of a fish. Credit: Marco Vinci, CC BY–SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Many of us have had lice, especially as children. An unpleasant sensation, but never as unpleasant as that felt by some fish when lice find them in the mouth. In reality, we are not talking about actual lice, but about marine crustaceans that ...
Image generated for illustrative purposes only with AI. A artificial intelligence agent it doesn’t spend all its time generating responses. It can start a program, consult an external service, run a test, or stop waiting for user permission. During these pauses, however, there is a risk of losing a shortcut that allows the linguistic models to work faster and with ...
This year, the fire season is proving particularly destructivewith France, Spain and the same Italy who find themselves having to face this type of emergency. And every summer, together with the flames, we talk about again arsonists, fraud and property speculation. But what do we really know? Let’s start from the beginning: fire is not an object, it is a ...
Specimen of lion’s mane jellyfish. Along the coasts of Cape Codin Massachusetts, is experiencing an unusual density of Lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata), known to be among the jellyfish species largest on the planet. According to data reported by the Sandwich Marina, sightings of this animal – whose tentacles can reach lengths greater than those of a blue whale – ...
Sixty-six million years agoa gigantic asteroid with an estimated diameter between 10 and 15 km it traveled through space at a speed of approx 64,000 km/huntil crashing into the earth’s surface in what is now the Yucatán Peninsula, in Mexico. The impact unleashed an energy equivalent to billions of atomic bombs, creating the famous Chicxulub crater and triggering a chain ...
Area showing the fires in Peschici and in the Gargano area. Credit: Google Maps We usually open Google Maps to search for our next destination, a restaurant or to check traffic conditions. During the summer season, however, the application can become very useful tool for monitoring fires and protect ours safety and that of our family. Before seeing how to ...
Let’s take it all the gold in the worldlet’s melt it and put it in a single block: how many meters do you think the side of this will be cube? Ben 22 meterspractically a seven-story building. All this gold, al current market value – considering around 115 euros per gram in July 2026 for 24 karat gold – it ...