An excruciating pain compared to “being burned with acid” and which lasts a very long time: this is the typical reaction to the sting of Dendrocnide moroides, considered as the most painful plant in the world and called the “suicide plant”. Belonging to the Urticacee family and with the size of a small tree, the Dendrocnide moroides it has leaves ...
THE’train accident in Spain, occurred near the station Adamuz following the derailment of an Iryo train which collided with a convoy coming from the opposite direction, it has put the spotlight back on the safety of rail transport not only in the Iberian country, but also throughout Europe. Despite the seriousness of the episode – during which at least 39 ...
The desalination plant of Jebel Alilocated along the coast of the Persian Gulf about 40 km south-west of the center of Dubai, is among the largest complexes in the world dedicated to desalination and electricity production. Part of the vast industrial and port area of Jebel Ali, a location known for the palm-shaped artificial island of the same name, is ...
The train accident in Spain. Credit: Consulado Honorario de España, via X There was a serious train accident in Andalusia, Spain: the derailment of two high-speed trains caused at least 39 deaths and over 150 injuries, 24 of them seriously. The episode occurred yesterday, Sunday 18 January, near Adamuz (Cordoba), around 7.45pm: train 6189 of Iryo companytraveling from Málaga to ...
Today, Monday January 19, 2026, is Blue Mondaythe third Monday in January which for about twenty years has been passed off as the “sadest day of the year”. But is it really like that? Spoilers: no. The theory according to which on the third Monday of January there would be a peak of melancholy caused by the return to routine ...
The 2026 it’s a happy number – and who knows maybe even a happy year. A happy number in mathematics it is defined like this: A number is said to be happy if adding the squares of your numbers and by repeating this operation, after a certain number of steps we will arrive at 1 as a result. Let’s take ...
The Waldensians are the followers of Waldisma Christian religious denomination born in the 12th century by the work of Pietro Valdo (also known as Valdo di Lyon) adherent to the principles of Protestantism since the sixteenth century. The Waldensians they do not recognize the authority of the pope and the Catholic clergy, but in recent years they have undertaken a ...
Times Beach in 1990 (left) and 2009. Credit: EPA – US Geological Survey The town of Times Beachin the state of Missouri (USA) was evacuated in 1982 during a flood, but the inhabitants never returned to their homes: the land in the area had in fact been contaminated, over the years, by dioxins mixed with engine oil which was spread ...
For food insecurity refers to the difficulty in having access to sufficient quantities of healthy and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. In Italy, it is estimated that 5.5% of people are exposed to this condition more than 1 Italian in 100 suffers from moderate or severe food insecurity, especially in the South and among foreigners. What ...
For food insecurity refers to the difficulty in having access to sufficient quantities of healthy and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. In Italy, it is estimated that 5.5% of people are exposed to this condition more than 1 Italian in 100 suffers from moderate or severe food insecurity, especially in the South and among foreigners. What ...