Ecology

ELIZA, the first chatbot in history, and the human need to be understood

ELIZA, the first chatbot in history, and the human need to be understood

“Artificial intelligence” refers to the ability of machines to imitate human functions and behaviors such as learning, the ability to reason and generate language, solve problems, make decisions – but also to understand human beings, simulating empathy and expressing “feelings”. This happens thanks to LLM“large language models”, which, thanks to training on billions of texts and conversations, are able to ...

What does the bishop represent in chess and why does it have an opening on the tip

What does the bishop represent in chess and why does it have an opening on the tip

Rook, knight, queen, king and pawns: most chess pieces are inspired by objects, people and animals that we all have in mind. But thebishop what does it represent instead? It is one of the most important pieces on the board, capable of traveling any distance diagonally, but unlike all the others its origin is often unknown. THE’bishopin general, represents the ...

Glassy rocks discovered in Australia proving the impact of a large meteorite 11 million years ago

Glassy rocks discovered in Australia proving the impact of a large meteorite 11 million years ago

In Australia rocks with fragments of natural glass have been discovered (tektites) which would prove the impact of a meteorite on the earth approximately 11 million years agowhose has not yet been found crater: this is the conclusion of a study recently published in the international scientific journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Experts have delimited the impact region in ...

Geomagnetic storm, will we see the Northern Lights from Italy tonight? Because it's so hard to predict them

Geomagnetic storm, will we see the Northern Lights from Italy tonight? Because it’s so hard to predict them

Northern Lights spotted in Pietra di Bismantova, province of Reggio Emilia in the early hours of November 12, 2025. Credit: Andrea Casali After the G4 category geomagnetic storm (“severe”) that it caused Northern Lights also visible from Italy in the early hours of yesterday, the geomagnetic disturbance on Earth is still ongoing, currently as a storm category G1 (“minor”) with ...

Campi Flegrei, a new study explains why most earthquakes are low magnitude

Campi Flegrei, a new study explains why most earthquakes are low magnitude

The limits of the Campi Flegrei caldera, with the earthquake hypocentres. Credit: Zollo et al. THE earthquakes related to bradyseism occurred so far Phlegraean Fieldsalthough very numerous, have had for the most part low magnitude, less than 3. A new study published on explains why Nature Communications Earth & Environmentconducted by researchers from the “E. Pancini” Department of Physics of ...

Trump signs the end of the shutdown after 43 days: the impact on the USA and the economic effects

Trump signs the end of the shutdown after 43 days: the impact on the USA and the economic effects

The president Donald Trump signed a law on Wednesday 12 November that puts an end to the longer shutdown in US history, lasted 43 daysdeclaring that “It should never happen again.” The suspension resulted in the temporary closure of federal government operations. A few hours earlier, the House of Representativescontrolled by Republicans, had approved the package with 222 votes in ...

History of the Blue Mellon diamond, sold for over 25 million dollars

History of the Blue Mellon diamond, sold for over 25 million dollars

The Blue Mellon diamond – Credits: Christie’s The exceptional diamond “The Mellon Blue”stone from 9.51 blue carats set in a ring, was sold by Christie’s auction house on November 11, in Geneva. The final price, estimated between 20 and 30 million dollars, it amounted to $25,592,269taxes included. Having belonged for decades to the American philanthropist Rachel Lambert Mellon, the diamond ...

Stop renewing identity cards for the over 70s: all the news on documents and passports from 2026

Stop renewing identity cards for the over 70s: all the news on documents and passports from 2026

THE citizens over the age of 70 they will no longer have to renew there identity card: this is what was announced by the Minister of Public Administration, Paolo Zangrillowhich anticipated the content of the new “Simplification Decree”, which will be discussed in Parliament in the next few days. In short, starting from 2026 there will be some important news ...