For all of us, the traditional Magi are three: Gaspar, Balthasar and Melchior. But there is also the legend of the fourth Wise King, Artabanus (in English Artaban), Persian sage and astronomer like the other three. If most people have never heard of it, it’s because it’s one legend of modern origin, and is therefore a story from uniquely symbolic ...
You’re watching Pop Corner Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop In this new episode of Pop Corner we had the honor of hosting Luca Zingarettia giant of Italian cinema. Born in Rome in 1961, we all know him as the face of Commissioner Montalbanobut Luca is much more: he is an actor, director, screenwriter and producer. We had ...
The color of passports it’s not an aesthetic choice nor a graphic whim: behind those covers burgundy, blue, green or black stories, identities, religions and even political alliances are hidden. There is no law that imposes a precise color: each state has followed traditions, religions and geopolitical strategies, to the point of creating four large color families that have now ...
Schematic representation of the position of Jupiter (not to scale) at 11pm on January 10th, the day of the planet’s opposition. Credits: Stellarium. The first month of the new year brings with it several astronomical events not to be missed. After the first “supermoon” of the year and the peak of the meteor shower Quadrantids on January 3rd, in January ...
Image generated with AI. A new and sophisticated wave of fraudulent campaigns exploit the familiarity of Italian citizens with the digital payment tools of the Public Administration. The alarm is raised by the Postal Policewhich identified a massive sending of misleading communications that illegitimately abuse the name and brand “PagoPA”the system designed to make payments to the PA simpler, safer ...
According to what was reported by numerous international military newspapers, the capture operation of Nicolas Maduro and his wife in Venezuela by the USA it would also have been possible thanks to the use of a particular drone, theRQ-170 Sentinel. It is a remotely piloted vehicle (UAV) also known as the “Beast of Kandahar” and usually used to provide continuous ...
The recent tragedy in Switzerland has brought attention to the importance of security measures for the protection of buildings in the event of fire. The risk of fire concerns any closed environment but, in certain contexts, it is addressed through the fire prevention: a specific area of building design. Regulations and technical provisions establish that structural systems – i.e. the ...
The energy produced by renewable sources increases more and more, despite fossil fuels maintaining their dominance. According to what was reported in Global Electricity Review 2025, published by Ember, in 2024 over 80 states generated more than 50% of their electricity from renewable sourceswith 47 countries exceeding 75%. Overall, the mix of energy wind and solar he covered the 15% ...
There Hag he comes at night with his shoes all broken… Every year, on the night between January 5th and 6th, in many Italian homes children hang up their stocking, hoping to find it full of sweets when they wake up. To some, however, the Befana brings coal! But who is this figure, and why does he arrive at the ...
THE’exploration mining is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by the adoption of new technologies which aim to reduce the duration hey costs of geognostic investigations, while increasing the effectiveness in identifying mineralizations underground. In the 2025an innovative approach that involves the use of systems measurement geophysicists And satellite – integrated and processed throughintelligence artificial – developed by the Canadian company ...