Croatian Vitomir Maričićin June 2025, set a record that appears to defy biology: 29 minutes And 3 seconds holding your breath underwater. How is it possible to push the human body so far? We asked the Dr. Pasquale LongobardiVice President of the Italian Society of Underwater and Hyperbaric Medicine (SIMSI) and Medical Director of the Hyperbaric Center of Ravenna, to ...
A enormous granite bodyabout 100 km wide, 7 km thick and dating back to 175 million years ago was discovered in West Antarcticaunder the Pine Island Glacier. The discovery was made by a team of researchers from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and was published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. The presence of this “granite giant” was revealed by ...
In a field Argentine dating back toCarnian age (approximately 237-227 million years ago), one of the phases of Triassic (250-200 million years ago), i paleontologists they found the remains of one of the oldest dinosaur species known to date. The name of this new species is Huayracursor jaguensisand its discovery marks a very important turning point in the study of ...
In some beta versions of WhatsApp for Android, the ability to create group chats with users who use third-party services, such as Telegram or other compatible platforms. This does not mean that every function will be shared between different systems: rather, it will be a form of interoperabilitywhich will allow different technologies to communicate with each other. The idea comes ...
Image created with AI. In recent days, Italy has been crossed from North to South by bad weather caused by the so-called “Halloween cyclone” (or “All Saints’ storm” as it has been defined journalistically), i.e. a disturbance of Atlantic origin that will bring wind, rains And thunderstorms in most cities. But, from a meteorological point of view, what is a ...
Following the case of Gisele Pelicot — now 72 years old, sedated and raped by her husband and at least 51 other men from 2011 to 2020 — France has approved the law that defines rape as the absence of consentregardless of the presence of violence. Precisely the shock of the Pelicot affair, the international resonance of the trial and ...
Acerodon jubatus or golden-capped flying fox. Credit: Luke Marcos Imbong, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The skies of the Philippines are dominated by huge bats that hover majestically above the tropical forests: we are talking about the golden-headed flying fox Acerodon jubatusthe largest bat, in terms of wingspan, as well as one of the rarest in the world. This ...
Operation Contenção (Containment Operation) is the name of what has been defined as lanti-narcotics operation largest and bloodiest in the history of Brazil: last October 29th 2,500 agents of the special police forces, with 32 vehicles armored And 12 demolition vehiclesthey blocked access to the favelas of the neighborhoods Alemão and Penha Of Rio de Janeiro for an operation against ...
Halloween, one of the most popular holidays of the autumn period, it is celebrated the night before All Saints’ Day: this year too, on the evening of October 31, 2025 it will be tradition to exhibit carved pumpkins and dress in costumes that appeal scary figures. In reality, despite what one might think, the origins of this celebration do not ...
Photo of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) obtained by Gianluca Masi. Credit: TheVirtualTelescope The November sky it will bring with it several noteworthy celestial events. We leave on November 5 with the “super beaver moon”the brightest of the yearwhich will be followed by the perihelion of comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) which is still putting on a show in the Italian skies ...