Ecology

Italians use social media less and less, X collapses and TikTok resists: what else will change with AI

Italians use social media less and less, X collapses and TikTok resists: what else will change with AI

The Italian social media market is going through a saturation phase and, for the first time, we are also witnessing one overall contraction in the use of some platformshighlighted by the data of Audicom-Audiweb analyzed by the expert Vincenzo Cosenzawho spoke about it atHANDLE. According to Cosenza «there is an unprecedented contraction in the use of some social networks that ...

What does “Rage Bait” ​​mean, the word of the year 2025 according to the Oxford dictionary

What does “Rage Bait” ​​mean, the word of the year 2025 according to the Oxford dictionary

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 ...

Campi Flegrei, bradyseism continues at 25mm/month and 137 earthquakes: data from the latest INGV bulletin

Campi Flegrei, bradyseism continues at 25mm/month and 137 earthquakes: data from the latest INGV bulletin

The INGV weekly bulletin on the Campi Flegrei. To the Phlegraean Fields The rise of the ground continues, while seismicity increases slightly. According to the latest weekly bulletin of the Vesuvian Observatory (INGV), between 24 and 30 November 2025, 137 earthquakes, of maximum magnitude 3.3 recorded last November 26th. This is a slight increase compared to 110 events of the ...

The fungus that "feeds" on Chernobyl radiation: a mysterious phenomenon that is also of interest to NASA

The fungus that “feeds” on Chernobyl radiation: a mysterious phenomenon that is also of interest to NASA

In the heart of Chernobyl Exclusion Zoneinside the infamous Reactor 4, protagonist of the 1986 nuclear disaster, in the 1990s, a black mushroom (Cladosporium sphaerospermum) capable not only of surviving at very high levels of ionizing radiationbut even to proliferate precisely thanks to them thanks to a pigment that we human beings also have (la melanin) thanks to an interesting ...

What does “Rage Bait” ​​mean, the word of the year 2025 according to the Oxford dictionary

What does “Rage Bait” ​​mean, the word of the year 2025 according to the Oxford dictionary

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 effects of AI on the psychology of adolescents: the consequences for young people

The effects of AI on the psychology of adolescents: the consequences for young people

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 ...