Ecology

Why there were armed clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan: the causes and the current situation

Why there were armed clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan: the causes and the current situation

In the last days of October 2025, the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan has flared up again: over 18 dead and hundreds injured in clashes between armies and militiamen, which then returned with a fragile 48-hour ceasefire. A new episode that confirms how old and still unresolved the tensions between Kabul and Islamabad remain. Situated between the Indian Ocean, the ...

Why cooling towers are shaped like a hyperboloid: what they are and how they work

Why cooling towers are shaped like a hyperboloid: what they are and how they work

You may have seen these, around the world or in some film or TV series huge objects built near one thermoelectric or nuclear power plant. To give an example, the iconic structures present near the Springfield nuclear power plant in the world of the Simpsons are very famous. These objects are called cooling towers and the reason why these structures ...

Implosion of the Titan, serious flaws in the design of the bathyscaphe: the US agency's report on the causes

Implosion of the Titan, serious flaws in the design of the bathyscaphe: the US agency’s report on the causes

The Titan imploded on June 18, 2023. Credit: OceanGate The US Transportation Safety Agency (National Transportation Safety BoardNTSB) has released its final report on the implosion of the bathyscaphe Titanconfirming theinadequacy of the design process conducted by OceanGate and the existence of serious structural damage already sincedive number 80i.e. 8 dives preceding the one that cost the lives of all ...

The biomechanics of the tennis serve, from Gauff to Sabalenka and Medvedev

The biomechanics of the tennis serve, from Gauff to Sabalenka and Medvedev

Tennis and science, a combination that in recent years has become increasingly consolidated among professionals. The last to rely on the “care” of scientific discipline and technology was No. 3 in the world Coco Gauff: to improve its performance in the service, the American has hired an expert in its team biomechanics, Gavin MacMillanthe same one who made her colleague ...

Because women's dresses almost never have pockets

Because women’s dresses almost never have pockets

The missing pockets in women’s clothes they are a topic that is much discussed among women, and if they are almost never found in trousers for sale there is one cause, and it is very simple: patriarchal machismo which has also dictated the law in terms of fashion. The absence of pockets, or their reduction to small decorative ornaments that ...

Whatsapp is testing the "Quiz" function in channels on Android: how it will work and who can use it

Whatsapp is testing the “Quiz” function in channels on Android: how it will work and who can use it

WhatsApp apparently he is thinking of strengthening the section dedicated to channels with one innovation destined to change the way in which users interact with content: the function “Quiz”. This is a new option being tested on the beta version for Android (in the update 2.25.24.30), designed to allow WhatsApp channel administrators to create interactive questions that followers can answer ...

A high school evacuated in Pescara due to alleged ammonia inhalation: what is this substance and why is it dangerous

A high school evacuated in Pescara due to alleged ammonia inhalation: what is this substance and why is it dangerous

TO Pescara was evacuated The state high school Guglielmo Marconi after a toxic substance was released in the structure causing ailments And respiratory difficulties between students and professors: as reported by the agency Adnkronoswhich cites the ASL of Pescara, it could have been ammonia poisoningalthough in the last few hours further investigations have been underway by the health authorities which ...

Orange weather warning for thunderstorms: what is the Mediterranean vortex that is bringing bad weather to Southern Italy

Orange weather warning for thunderstorms: what is the Mediterranean vortex that is bringing bad weather to Southern Italy

The map of the storms underway today 16 October in Southern Italy. Credit: ECMWF Southern Italy is at the center of a new one weather alert: the Civil Protection has in fact issued aorange alert in Calabria and Puglia for thunderstorms, including downpours, local hailstorms and strong gusts of wind. In the meantime, in Molise, Basilicata, Sicily and in some ...

Why does the praying mantis eat the male?

Why does the praying mantis eat the male?

There praying mantis (Mantis religion), one of the most common species of the order Mantodea, is an insect “famous” for its behavior cannibal who often adopts the female, devouring the male during mating. In reality, the phenomenon does not always occur, but in approximately the 30% of pairs and it is an evolutionary adaptation that is effective especially in conditions ...

Earthquake in Indonesia with a magnitude of 6.5, hits the province of Papua

Earthquake in Indonesia with a magnitude of 6.5, hits the province of Papua

THE’Indonesia was shaken by a magnitude earthquake 6.5 at 7:48 Italian (2.48pm local time) on Thursday 16 October. THE’epicenter is located by the USGS a 35km deep inland near the coast a 200km northwest of Jayapura in the province of Papua. At the moment there are no reports of damage to property or people and no tsunami warning has been ...