Ecology

The "green mummy" of Bologna: the origin of the unusual color discovered after almost 40 years

The “green mummy” of Bologna: the origin of the unusual color discovered after almost 40 years

Generated with AI Forty years ago, in 1987inside the underground of a villa of Bolognaone was discovered copper funerary cistcontaining gods partially mummified human remains, green in color. The particular color of the body is due to the copper that contained it: copper ionsproduced by metal corrosion, they interacted with bones and tissuesand the humid, oxygen-poor environment favored saponification and ...

The Northern Lights return to the skies of Italy due to a "severe" geomagnetic storm G4

The Northern Lights return to the skies of Italy due to a “severe” geomagnetic storm G4

Northern Lights spotted by the webcam of Plan de Corones, in Trentino–Alto Adige, in the early hours of November 12, 2025. The show of Northern Lights it returned to illuminate the Italian skies on the night of November 12, 2025 with numerous sightings between 4 and 5 am especially along the Alpine arcfrom Piedmont to Trentino-Alto Adige. Webcams and enthusiasts ...

Studying the role of the asthenosphere at the origin of earthquakes and magma in volcanoes: INGV SAKURA project

Studying the role of the asthenosphere at the origin of earthquakes and magma in volcanoes: INGV SAKURA project

A new research project, the SAKURA project (Studying the Asthenosphere as a Key to Understand the Dynamics of Plates and the Origin of Magmas), was started to study in more depth the layer of the Earth’s mantle called asthenosphere and located Between about 100 and about 400 km deep. The objective of the project financed byINGV (National Institute of Geophysics ...

The largest and oldest Mayan monument in history perhaps represented a map of the Universe

The largest and oldest Mayan monument in history perhaps represented a map of the Universe

The structure was so large that it looked like part of the natural landscape. Photo Credits: Takeshi Inomata The Mayan monument of Aguada Fénixbuilt about 3 thousand years ago in southeastern Mexico, is at the center of new research from the University of Arizona: it may be the oldest monumental structure known so far of the Mayan civilization (and therefore ...

A new study finds that there is more text created by AI than written by humans on the Internet

A new study finds that there is more text created by AI than written by humans on the Internet

Beyond half of the articles available online would be written by AI. This was revealed by a recent study conducted by the SEO analysis company Graphite who recently published the results of a research during which it emerged that a November 2024 the amount of AI-generated articles published online has surpassed that of texts written by humans. It is the ...

A Turkish military plane crashed between Georgia and Azerbaijan with 20 people on board: what we know

A Turkish military plane crashed between Georgia and Azerbaijan with 20 people on board: what we know

A Turkish C-130 military aircraft crashed today, November 11, on the border between Georgia And Azerbaijan with on board 20 peopleincluding the crew, while en route to Turkey. THE’cargo plane had taken off from Ganja International Airport, Azerbaijan, at 2.19pm local time (11:19 Italian time): as reported by Reutersthe aircraft should have crashed in the Georgian town of Sighnaghiin the ...