Every winter the expression punctually returns: “It’s freezing cold“. The expression does not arise from legends or historical episodes, but from the role that the word dog has had for centuries in Italian: a strengthener with a negative flavorthe same as “dog’s life” or “dog’s life”. Over time, popular explanations have been woven around this saying – dogs left out ...
At this time of year, autumn, the Asian stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), completely harmless to humans and domestic animals, can create quite a few nuisances and inconveniences in our homes: adults nest in warm, sunny places, seeking shelter in homes to spend the winter and if disturbed they let themselves fall to the ground, pretending to be dead or, in ...
Have you ever wondered where everything we throw down the toilet ends up after flushing? Every day, millions of liters of waste water – which includes not only feces and urine, but also water from the sink, shower and household appliances – leave our homes and arrive in a place that is fundamental for the environment: the purifier. As you ...
In the heart of Oxfordshire, Tokamak Energy is carrying out Research&Development within the scope of nuclear fusion. He recently published an article on his site that includes a video which portrays the plasma and its various colors. Let’s see together why this video is interesting and what impact it can have for research and the future of fusion in the ...
The gecko it is a small reptile widespread throughout much of the world, in different species and variations. Its presence is culturally associated with luck, abundance, adaptability and affection: this symbolism, present since ancient times, is present because the gecko eats harmful insects and purifies the environment where it is found, but also to the fact that it regenerates its ...
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake in the province of Avellino. A strong shock of earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit the province of Avellino today, Friday 24 October 2025, at 2.40pm: as reported by INGVthe epicenter was located at Grottolella (about 6 km from the city center), at a depth of 16.1 km. The shock was also distinctly felt at Naples, Salerno And ...
ChatGPT Atlas interface. Credit: OpenAI. ChatGPT Atlasthe new browser produced by OpenAI, enters headlong into a competition between tech giants that could be shaping the way in which we will interact with the Web in the future and above all with the information it contains: it is a real “browser wars”and it’s not the first time this has happened. After ...
There freedom of the press in Italy has worsened over the last year: globally, we have in fact gone from 46th positionwith a ranking of 69.8 out of 100, at 49th position and a score of 68.01 according to the 2025 ranking drawn up by the NGO Reporters without borders. The problem is tangible, especially after an attack on the ...
There Greenlandlocated near the North Pole, is changing shape, size and geographical position. The earth’s crust that constitutes it is compressing in some areas and stretching in others, with the result that the island has become smaller overall. Besides, yes it is moved towards the north-west at the pace of about 2 cm per year over the last twenty years. ...
Anyone who has one gas cooker at home knows that, once turned on, i stove one is formed immediately blue/light blue flamevery different from the red/orange one generated by a candle or a wood-burning fireplace. We might think that the color of the flame depends on its fuel, which in the case of stoves it is typically methane gas or ...