Ecology

How the new OPCOPRO financial scam that extorts money works and what the film The Truman Show has to do with it

How the new OPCOPRO financial scam that extorts money works and what the film The Truman Show has to do with it

Researchers from the cybersecurity company Check Point have uncovered a new online financial fraud called OPCOPROalso renamed “The Truman Show scam”. The reference to the famous film in which the protagonist of the film, Truman (played by a very good Jim Carrey), he was living, without his knowledge, a reality entirely constructed by the show’s directors. Something similar happens with ...

Craco is the ghost town near Matera in Basilicata abandoned due to landslides: what happened

Craco is the ghost town near Matera in Basilicata abandoned due to landslides: what happened

In the heart of Basilicata, perched on a hill among the clayey gullies in the province of Matera, lies Cracoa medieval village which today is a ghost town. Once strategic for its defensive position, Craco has been abandoned since the 1960s due to landslides which compromised the stability of buildings and the possibility of growth and territorial expansion. This surreal ...

An Olympics... on the slopes: all disciplines on skis at the foot of Milan-Cortina 2026

An Olympics… on the slopes: all disciplines on skis at the foot of Milan-Cortina 2026

When it comes to Winter Olympicsthe first piece of sports equipment that comes to mind is almost always a pair of skisand the first discipline we think of is lo alpine skiing. In reality, the disciplines we are witnessing at the Milan-Cortina Olympics are many more, seven, each with its own specialties, with rules, specific skills and dozens of medals ...

Why do the French say quatre-vingts (four winds) and not octante (eighty)

Why do the French say quatre-vingts (four winds) and not octante (eighty)

In Franceas in Italy, the decimal number system based on the number 10 is used, however in French the number 80 it is said quatre-vingts, four times twentytaking the number 20 as a basis instead of the number 10. At first glance it may seem strange, but it has its own logic which has to do with the way in ...

What happens to our body when we are hungry, according to science

What happens to our body when we are hungry, according to science

There hungerthe physiological one, tells us “Hey, I need new energy to make this body work!” and it is a fundamental one survival strategyso ancestral that it is regulated by multiple pathways redundantthat is, that they repeat and reinforce each other. As confirmed in the study “Molecular Mechanisms of Appetite Regulation” published on Diabetes & Metabolism Journalwhat triggers this reaction ...

Do you say pregnant or pregnant women? Here's what Italian grammar says

Do you say pregnant or pregnant women? Here’s what Italian grammar says

A recurring grammatical error in the Italian language it is to say or write “pregnant women” (or even “pregnant”) rather than “pregnant women“. But the correct form in the plural is, in fact, “pregnant women” as confirmed by Treccani and from ACrusca Academy: according to our language, in fact, if the noun is plural the adjective also agrees with it ...

Because ancient cities are often buried under meters of earth

Because ancient cities are often buried under meters of earth

Cities of the past very often are buried. Indeed, sometimes our inhabited centers literally rise above their ruins… But for what reason? The explanation is to be found in buriala process that can be seen as a mix of natural and anthropogenic factors including the accumulation of debris, river sediments, dust and the uncontrolled growth of vegetation. Added to this ...

What's inside a ski: how the "sandwich" architecture is made

What’s inside a ski: how the “sandwich” architecture is made

Generated with AI Have you ever wondered what really lies beneath the surface of yours skiing? It is not a single component, but a complex “sandwich” of materials where the wood meet carbon fibers And metallic alloys to create a perfect mix of resistance and flexibility. It is precisely this invisible architecture that allows a thin axle to absorb extreme ...