If you have ever watched an artistic gymnastics or sport climbing competition, you will have noticed a almost ritual moment: the athlete dips his hands into a white tray, rubs them together, and throws himself onto the apparatus or the wall. That substance is called chalktechnically magnesium carbonateand has become an almost indispensable tool in dozens of sports disciplines. But ...
Forest fire on Monte Faeta. Credit: Tuscany Region 800 hectares burned down, a perimeter of 17km, 3500 people evacuated in the middle of the night from Asciano, a hamlet of San Giuliano Terme (PI): these are the numbers provided by the Civil Protection of the Tuscany Region on the forest fire that developed starting from the last hours of April ...
There Guinea Equatorialmore correctly Republic of Equatorial Guineais one of the smallest African states overlooking theAtlanticin the central-western regions of the continent. After almost sixty years since independence, its capital has been moved, from 2 January 2026, from the city of Malaboon theBioko islandto the city of foundation of City of Paz. It is certainly not the first time that ...
The Grand Ring in Osaka. Credits: Ibamoto, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Grand Ring of the city of Osaka, Japan, is one of the most interesting engineering challenges of recent years. Designed by architect Sou Fujimoto on the occasion of the Yumeshima Expo in 2025, it is the structure that officially holds the world record for largest wooden ...
You put your smartphone on charge, come back after an hour… and the battery is still zero. What are you thinking? The failure of an internal component? A defect in the cable or in the transformer itself? Although these explanations may sometimes be plausible, there could actually be a much less “serious” cause: the charging port – by now USB-C ...
If you play sports you will most likely have heard of the creatine to improve your performance. In fact, there is a kernel of truth! And there are also well two claims approved by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) which concern creatine and its use in sport for the adult population onlyestablishing the maximum daily limit a 3 grams ...
The volleyball we know today, with quick sets to 25 points and matches of overall predictable duration, has not always existed. For much of its history the scoring system was completely differentand that change had a profound impact on the game, the tactics and the public’s perception of it. The “classic” system: the ball change For decades, volleyball has adopted ...
Study, work, resign. This seems to be the parable of thousands of Italian women who every year are forced to leave their jobs to dedicate themselves to their family and children. The annual report on the validation of resignations and consensual resolutions of working mothers and working fathers of theNational Labor Inspectorate speaks clearly: in the last year analyzed, 2024, ...
Image generated with AI. In the Pacific Ocean, over 1000 km from Papua New Guinea, there is an island of about 12,000 inhabitants which, during the 1970s, was the Country with the highest GDP per capita in the world. That same island, Nauru, has now fallen from grace and hosts detention centers for refugees on behalf of Australia. But how ...
Generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. A Scorpio has two weapons: the sting on the “tail” (metasome), with which it injects the poison, and the frontal clawswith which it grabs and crushes prey. Both contain heavy metals such as zinc, manganese And iron incorporated directly into the exoskeleton. This is not an environmental contamination but an evolutionary choice refined ...