Seismic activity starts to grow slightly again Phlegraean Fields after last week’s brief respite. If the bulletin of the previous week (8-14 December) had recorded the monthly minimum with 34 events, the new update of the INGV Vesuvian Observatory – referring to the week from 15 to 21 December 2025 – marks a reversal of the trend, earthquakes have more ...
The Kashiwazaki–Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant, via Wikicommons The Japan confirmed the reopening of the nuclear power plant Of Kashiwazaki-Kariwathe largest in the world, almost 15 years after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Fukushima – and the resulting tsunami – which led the authorities to stop it. According to what was reported by the Japanese broadcaster NHK, the decision, approved by ...
THE frequent earthquakes that occur in the area of Yellowstone volcano caldera in Wyoming (United States) allow the fluids circulating underground to come into contact with new rocks. Chemical reactions thus occur whose effect is unexpected: the underground microbial ecosystems they transform, with the proliferation of some species and the reduction of others. The discovery, published in the journal PNAS ...
Credit: OpenAI. Codex GPT-5.2The Agentic coding model defined by OpenAI «(as) the most advanced for software engineering in complex contexts» (mainly engineering and cybersecurity), represents the most recent attempt by the artificial intelligence giant to strengthen its position in the increasingly intense competition in the sector. The release of GPT-5.2-Codex is in fact a precise signal on the priorities of ...
In recent days there has been a lot of talk about “Russian assets” frozen, in relation to the idea of using these assets as guarantee or basis of a loan of approximately 90 billion euros to Ukraine: a hypothesis that has not yet been realized due to the lack of political consensus and legal risks perceived by Member States. But ...
“Santa Claus is red because Coca-Cola invented him.” At least once in our lives, we have all heard this phrase. It is one of the most widespread beliefs related to Christmas, but how much truth is there? In this video we decided to clarify, reconstructing the true evolution of Santa Claus: a journey through time that starts from far away, ...
If post a letter to Santa Clausespecially if you send it via postal services that have dedicated initiatives (such as Poste Italiane), magic happens: the letter is collected, often sorted by elves or volunteers and, if you have given a return address, Santa Claus (or his helpers) will reply to you. In short, a dream come true: being contacted directly ...
3I/ALTAS taken from Ranco (VA). Credit: Francesco Cotroneo There comet 3I/ATLASthe third “interstellar visitor” discovered to transit our Solar System after the asteroid Oumuamua and the comet Borisovis not only a celestial body of extreme interest for astronomers all over the world: it has now become one of the most discussed scientific topics of this 2025 thanks to the “theories” ...
The Christmas period concentrates an enormous amount of in just a few weeks digital purchasesmessages, notifications and online interactions, creating a potentially very fertile environment for online scams. We are talking about well-known techniques, often not even too sophisticated from an IT point of view, but extremely refined on a psychological level: email phishing, false messages that imitate official communications, ...
In recent years the word “maranza“has entered everyday language: we find it on social media, in newspapers and even in fashion. This term refers to them groups of very young kidsoften loud and recognizable for their flashy style and street attitude. Maranza means, in Italian jargon, an individual belonging to groups and groups of young people noisy. But, behind the ...