If in mid-November the Cambridge Dictionary had chosen “parasocial” as word of the year 2025the Oxford English Dictionary relaunches and chooses “rage bait” (“anger bait”), the use of which has tripled in the last twelve months. Taking the exact definition of the well-known British dictionary, the term is used for online content that is created specifically to cause anger or ...
The largest Spanish glacier, that of Dill in the Pyrenees, it is significantly reducing in thickness. And he’s not the only one: the same fate is happening to all the glaciers in Spain. These are the conclusions reached by a team of researchers from Research Group CryoPyr of thePyrenean Institute of Ecology (IPE-CSIC). The data was collected via drone in ...
In recent years, artificial intelligence has become an increasingly constant presence in the lives of young people and adolescents, who use it not only for study and creativity, but also as a form of psychological and emotional support. Among the most used platforms are i conversational chatbotssystems capable of simulating a human relationship and offering company, listening and even personal ...
An image of the floods in Gampong Manyang Cut, Aceh province, Indonesia. Credit: Reuters The Southeast Asia he was hit by violence floods which caused further 1,100 deathseven if the death toll continues to grow: there are some of the most affected countries Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailandalthough floods were also recorded in Malaysia and parts of Vietnam. To cause ...
2025 maximum extent of the ozone hole. Credit: NASA In recent years the ozone layer above Antarctica has been showing signs of recovery, and the 2025 It seems to be a good year. According to data from NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the so-called “ozone hole” was found to be the fifth smallest measured since 1992. Thanks ...
A new study internationalled by one multidisciplinary team of the universities of Bradford, Birmingham, Warwick, Trinity Saint David, and St. Andrews, in the United Kingdom, but also of Vienna and Beijing-Hong Kong, has identified and studied a series of huge pits dating back to the Neolithic not far from the famous site of Stonehenge. It was believed that these anomalies ...
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harboron the island of Oahu in Hawaii – home of the US Pacific Fleet – was launched during World War II the December 7, 1941, at dawn on Sunday morning. It was a sudden attack by the Japanese air force, which occurred in two waves and caused the death of 2,403 US soldiers and the ...
You can build the Bridge over the Strait of Messina in one of the most seismic areas of the Mediterranean? To answer this question, we must first understand what really lies beneath the sea that separates Sicily And Calabria. In this article we will take a journey into the deep geology of the arm of the sea that separates Sicily ...
It has certainly happened to you that you open the refrigerator and find your nostrils asking for mercy due to a strong stench coming from the fridge itself. Obviously, the smell is not accidental: the refrigerator does not release odors directly, but due to some food now deteriorating. The stench we smell is the result of complex chemical and metabolic ...
The term “groomer” (from the English “to groom” i.e. to cure, arrange, prepare) to indicate sexual predators has been circulating online for years, but in recent days it has bounced around social media thanks to the Texan Youtuber Schlepwho pretended to be a minor on the Roblox gaming platform in order to deceive and arrest some pedophiles who were luring ...