Ecology

When does digital identity surpass real identity? Reflections on the person's future

When does digital identity surpass real identity? Reflections on the person’s future

The construction of theidentity it has always been played between body, memory And social recognition. Today, with the massive diffusion of socialthe terrain on which the self is formed has shifted: no longer just physical relationships and autobiographical narratives, but digital tracks that remainaccumulate, are processed and reinterpreted by algorithms. The question is no longer whether our own exists “digital ...

Ali Khamenei, who was the supreme leader of Iran killed during the US-Israel attacks

Ali Khamenei, who was the supreme leader of Iran killed during the US-Israel attacks

Ali Khameneiborn in 1939 and killed on February 28, 2026 during the US-Israeli attacks on Iran, was the supreme leader of Iran from 1989 to death. Close to Ayatollah Khomeini, he took part in the protests against the Shah’s regime since the 1960s and at the end of the following decade he was active in Islamic revolution that established the ...

Does going to sleep with wet hair really give you a cold? No, this is a false myth

Does going to sleep with wet hair really give you a cold? No, this is a false myth

Going to sleep with wet hair it does not cause colds: this common belief has no scientific support, given that a cold is an infection caused by virus flu and paraflu, and does not find causes in going to bed with a damp head or in general with the cold, as also confirmed by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS). ...

“Cyborg” pigeons used as biodrones by Russia: what's true and how they work

“Cyborg” pigeons used as biodrones by Russia: what’s true and how they work

Image generated with AI. Flight tests were carried out in Moscow pigeons-biodrones equipped with neural interfaces and used for environmental and industrial monitoring operations: like this Forbes Russia headlined a recent article and, within a few months, the news has gone around the world, with many people wondering whether it is true – and if so, to what extent. To ...

What is the difference between metaphor and simile: meaning and examples

What is the difference between metaphor and simile: meaning and examples

Metaphor and simile they are two rhetorical figures that are commonly used to make concepts easier to understand through images. When we say «you are a star», instead of explaining how much someone lights up the room, we are using a metaphor; if we define someone else «healthy as a fish», we are using a simile. These are two “cousin” ...

The Sagrada Familia reaches 172.5 m with the Tower of Jesus and becomes the tallest church in the world

The Sagrada Familia reaches 172.5 m with the Tower of Jesus and becomes the tallest church in the world

La Sagrada Familia has officially reached its mark definitive maximum heightequal to 172.5 meterswith the installation of the monumental cross that crowns the highest of its towers. An epochal achievement that consecrates the unfinished work of the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí as the tallest church in the worldin conjunction with the centenary of his death. Precisely on the occasion of ...

What are TAN and APR and what is the difference: a simple explanation

What are TAN and APR and what is the difference: a simple explanation

Whenever we need to ask for a financing to buy something in installments, TAN and APR indicate the interest rates, i.e. the cost of the loan we are contracting. The TAN (Nominal Annual Rate) is the actual interest cost which must be paid on the sum lent, while the APR (Global Effective Annual Rate) is the total and real cost ...

Why do Japanese people make the V (or peace) finger sign in photos?

Why do Japanese people make the V (or peace) finger sign in photos?

Taking a photo in Japan often means showing two fingers at “V” (with index and middle fingers raised with palm facing outwards): the famous sign of peace. This gesture, born in the 1960s, but widespread from Tokyo to Osaka especially since the 1980s, draws inspiration from the Western “victory” sign which later spread in pop culture to indicate friendship, joy ...