The Venezuelan oil reserveswho played a key role in the recent attack by the United States, are the largest in the worldwith approximately 300 billion barrels. Most of this oil comes from the Orinoco Belt in east-central Venezuela and is heavy or extra-heavy. It is an oil very thick and viscoussimilar to bitumen, more difficult and expensive to extract and ...
Imagine you are eating a good plate of spaghetti with clams, when you suddenly hear sand crunching under your teeth. A common experience that finds explanation in the very biology of these molluscs. To eliminate them, you can resort to the process of purge: place the molluscs in a basin with cold water and salt simulate the environment marine. Clams, ...
In the hours following the United States military operation in Venezuela and the new phase of political crisis that opened in Caracas, the regime led by the interim leader Delcy Rodriguez announced the release of a number of foreign political prisonersand there is great anticipation especially for the return home of Alberto Trentinia prisoner in the capital’s prisons for over ...
Started last December 28, 2025, they show no signs of stopping anti-government protests in Iranbetween the Internet blackout in Tehran (and not only that, also in Tabriz and the holy city of Mashhad) and the songs of rebellion. Despite the interrupted telephone lines throughout the country – as also reported by the independent organization Netblocks which monitors Internet freedom and ...
Earthquake in Brescia of magnitude 3.4. A strong shock of earthquake Of magnitude 3.4 hit the province of Brescia today January 9th, at 3.28pm. According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located at 3km north from Gargnanoa town located on the shores of Lake Garda, about 30 km from the center of Brescia. The hypocenter, however, was ...
The tragic accident in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, brings our attention back to a topic of great importance: the fire safety. In particular, in this article, we are going to see how engineering can be useful for forensic analysis – that is, how engineering helps investigators to reconstruct what happened and determine any responsibilities. What is forensic engineering for: the autopsy of ...
The conference by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Credit: Palazzo Chigi In the first press conference of 2026, the Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni spoke about banning the use of sparkling candles inside clubs and discos, due toCrans-Montana fire. In her speech, the Prime Minister underlined the need to: Think about the possibility of banning indoors the use of sparkles on bottles ...
This image shows the location of the Cloud–9 object, 14 million light-years from Earth. The magenta cloud represents radio emission from the object that has been superimposed on an optical image from Hubble. The dotted circle shows the region where the radio emission is most intense. Credits: NASA, ESA, VLA, Gagandeep Anand (STScI), Alejandro Benitez–Llambay (University of Milan–Bicocca); Image Processing: ...
The yawn it is a universal and ancient behavior, but its meaning has long been misunderstood. The most common explanations, such as the idea that it serves to oxygenate or “wake up” the brain, are not supported by the data. The evidence indicates instead that yawning has above all one social and communicative functionlinked to empathy and the synchronization of ...
Credit: ODIN. In the last few hours there has been a lot of talk about hypersonic missiles Oreshnik related to the war between Russia and Ukraine: the Russian government confirmed a few days ago that it had also put them into operation in Belarus and last night ago Ukraine was hit by this weapon. But what are its characteristics from ...