The distribution of earthquakes in Santorini shows magmatic intrusion (in orange). Credit: UCL According to a new study i earthquakes that occurred in 2025 in Santoriniin Greece, would not be of tectonic origin, i.e. due to movement along faults associated with the margin between two lithospheric plates, as had been hypothesized. Instead, it would have been the cause of them ...
Dividing by zero is impossible. It is one of the cornerstones of mathematics that has been learned since elementary school. But Why can’t it be done? Who forbids us? And what happens if we do? In reality it is not a ban, but an operation that it doesn’t have a resultand therefore it has no meaningin the arithmetic field, contrary ...
The Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit. Credit: @F1 via “X” The wait is all for 4pm today, Sunday 7 December: a week after the Qatar GP, the spotlight on Yas Marina they will light up for the grand finale of the season. It will be the last act of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship, the decisive race that will ...
For more than a decade, the research group led by Professor Chad Bouton of the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research studies how to translate brain activity of patients with motor paralysis in muscular commands that allow them to regain control of their body. Until now, they had only been able to work with patients who already had brain implants. Now ...
Many times we find ourselves wondering “But was it that cold last year?” or “But was it this hot in other years?”. These are questions that can be answered by searching through the meteorological archives, and that’s what we did: we bring you the temperatures of December 7 scheduled for Milan, Rome, Naples And Palermocompared with those of the same ...
Image generated with AI. The morning of July 25, 2001 the inhabitants of the region of Kerala, in India, they woke up to an unexpected surprise: the rain – frequent in the area – began to take on a color blood redstaining everything on which it landed and giving rise to conjectures about a hypothetical extraterrestrial origin of the phenomenon. ...
When in Italian we say “cold executioner”we are using a very common expression to indicate a cold very strongwhat we perceive as pungent and annoying. AND an informal way of saying which often appears in speech, on social media and in online content, and is the more colorful alternative to the more neutral “it’s very cold” or “it’s terribly cold”. ...
Have you ever found yourself at tell to yours dog your day, or to explain in detail to yours cat why it is the most extraordinary animal on planet earth? If the answer is yes, don’t worry, you are not the only one, in fact, it is such a widespread behavior that it has come under the scrutiny of science. ...
On the site of Carreras Pampalocated in Torotoro National Park, in Central Boliviahave been discovered approximately 16,600 fossil footprints of dinosaurs and birdsorganized in 1,321 routes And 289 isolated tracks of various nature. The great variety and quality of the footprints makes the site a unique example, capable of providing unprecedented information on the behavior of dinosaurs. Footprints of the ...
Depiction of the 7 bridges problem. Credit: Twotwos, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Prussian city of Königsberg (now Kaliningrad in Russia) was crossed by the Pregel River and connected by seven bridges which joined together two islands and the opposite shores, dividing the city into four areas. Legend has it that a curious pastime circulated among the inhabitants: ...