Ecology

Why the new NASA suits for the Artemis II astronauts are orange and not white

Why the new NASA suits for the Artemis II astronauts are orange and not white

The four Artemis II astronauts in their orange suits. Credit: NASA In the photos of the mission Artemis IIone thing immediately catches the eye: the orange overalls of the four astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen. In the collective imagination – fueled by the Apollo missions, spacewalks on the International Space Station and countless science fiction ...

Earthquake in Indonesia of magnitude 7.3, epicenter in the Molucca Sea: tsunami warning lifted

Earthquake in Indonesia of magnitude 7.3, epicenter in the Molucca Sea: tsunami warning lifted

Earthquake in Indonesia measuring 7.3, tsunami warning lifted. A strong one earthquake Of magnitude 7.3 hit Indonesia, today 02 April, at 00:48 (Italian time, 06:48 on April 2 local time). According to what was recorded by INGV, the epicenter was located in Molucca Seaabout 126 km from the island of Ternate. The hypocenter, however, was detected at 53 km deep. ...

What is ricin and how does the lethal castor toxin work

What is ricin and how does the lethal castor toxin work

There ricin It is one of the most toxic natural substances currently known. It is contained in the castor seeds (Ricinus communis), an extremely common plant often grown in gardens for ornamental purposes. Once inhaled, ingested or injected into the body, the toxin penetrates cells and irreversibly blocks their protein synthesisleading to their death. Although thepoisoning be an event rarethe ...

What we will see with Artemis II: the flight plan and phases of the crewed NASA lunar mission

What we will see with Artemis II: the flight plan and phases of the crewed NASA lunar mission

It’s getting closer and closer to the first launch opportunity of the mission’s April window Artemis II scheduled for 00:24 in the morning (Italian time) on April 2nd. As per protocol, the astronauts have already been inside for several days forty to minimize the risk of infection or disease that could compromise the launch. Quarantine is one of the preparatory ...

Ordinary bank transfers blocked from 2 to 6 April, what it means and why it happens

Ordinary bank transfers blocked from 2 to 6 April, what it means and why it happens

THE ordinary bank transfers they will suffer one suspension from 2 to 7 April in all adopting EU countries the euro as a currency. Not there is nothing of which worry in reality: it is not a technical problem, but a break already scheduled that the platform Target2, which regulates transfers between European banking institutions of the Eurosystem. This suspension ...

Cyclone Erminio brings rain, snow and strong winds of up to 100 km/h to Italy: weather warning in 10 regions

Cyclone Erminio brings rain, snow and strong winds of up to 100 km/h to Italy: weather warning in 10 regions

The flooding in Termoli after the Sinarca torrent overflowed. Credit: Fire Brigade After cyclone Deborah, the month of April opens with aintense wave of bad weather which is affecting a large part of Italy. The person responsible is cyclone Erminio – so renamed by EUMETNET, the organization that brings together 31 European meteorological services – which is bringing heavy rains, ...

Chronic back pain linked to noise sensitivity: the brain study

Chronic back pain linked to noise sensitivity: the brain study

The chronic back pain makes hypersensitive the nerves and causes them to overreact to sounds: this is what was revealed by a new study published in Annals of Neurology, signed by an international team of researchers from the universities of Hamburg, Dartmouth and Colorado. In simple words: if you have had back pain for some time, your brain may have ...

The first “zombie” bacterium brought back to life with the DNA of another species: the JCVI study

The first “zombie” bacterium brought back to life with the DNA of another species: the JCVI study

Zombie bacteria. Credit: Thomas Deerinck, NCMIR/SPL Now dead bacteria cells, with the Inactivated DNAwhich come back to life after receiving the genome of another species. This is what was done by a group of researchers from J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) of La Jolla, California, reported in a preprint (scientific article not yet peer-reviewed) published on bioRxiv in March 2026 ...