The 2026 it’s a happy number – and who knows maybe even a happy year. A happy number in mathematics it is defined like this: A number is said to be happy if adding the squares of your numbers and by repeating this operation, after a certain number of steps we will arrive at 1 as a result. Let’s take ...
The Waldensians are the followers of Waldisma Christian religious denomination born in the 12th century by the work of Pietro Valdo (also known as Valdo di Lyon) adherent to the principles of Protestantism since the sixteenth century. The Waldensians they do not recognize the authority of the pope and the Catholic clergy, but in recent years they have undertaken a ...
Times Beach in 1990 (left) and 2009. Credit: EPA – US Geological Survey The town of Times Beachin the state of Missouri (USA) was evacuated in 1982 during a flood, but the inhabitants never returned to their homes: the land in the area had in fact been contaminated, over the years, by dioxins mixed with engine oil which was spread ...
For food insecurity refers to the difficulty in having access to sufficient quantities of healthy and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. In Italy, it is estimated that 5.5% of people are exposed to this condition more than 1 Italian in 100 suffers from moderate or severe food insecurity, especially in the South and among foreigners. What ...
For food insecurity refers to the difficulty in having access to sufficient quantities of healthy and nutritious food to lead an active and healthy life. In Italy, it is estimated that 5.5% of people are exposed to this condition more than 1 Italian in 100 suffers from moderate or severe food insecurity, especially in the South and among foreigners. What ...
One hundred years ago, in 1925the then president of Milan Piero Pirelliurged the construction of an English-inspired football stadium. Although its official name is Giuseppe Meazza Stadium – in honor of the two-time world champion who wore the shirts of both Milanese teams – for the whole world it is simply San Sirofrom the name of the neighborhood that hosts ...
AI-generated content For centuries, in Europe, pigs, horses, donkeys and even insects were tried as people: arrested, defended by lawyers, judged and condemned “in the name of the law”. It is not macabre folklore nor a medieval oddity: those trials tell of a precise moment in our history, in which the law tried to bring order not only to nature, ...
If we are in the outdoor area of a bar and our table is wobbly, a possible solution is to take a piece of paper, fold it and stick it under one of the legs. This solution, however, is not definitive: after some time, the paper will compress and the table will wobble again. We can then try a more ...
We talk about sustainable mobility indicating a transport organization system aimed at minimizing their environmental, social and economic impact. Cross-cutting examples of sustainable mobility policies are the promotion of the use of bicycles and public transport, but also car sharing and sometimes the use of electric vehicles. The concept of sustainable mobility, however, is not a monolith: his practical implementation ...
Image generated with AI. One of the first arguments brought forward by those who support the unscientific theory of flat earthism has to do with overflight of Antarctica. The idea is this: if the Earth were spherical then many air routes would have to pass through the South Pole; if this is not done it is because the Earth is ...