Ecology

From what time is it right to say "good morning" and from what time "good evening": different cultures and habits

From what time is it right to say “good morning” and from what time “good evening”: different cultures and habits

Have you ever wished “Good morning” and to receive, in exchange, a “Good evening”?The way people mark time through daily greetings is a reflection of cultural habitsrhythms of life and also historical conventions. There is no universal, official rule that establishes when morning becomes afternoon or when afternoon turns into evening. In Italy, by convention, good morning is usually used ...

WhatsApp, the function that allows Meta AI to read complete documents is about to arrive

WhatsApp, the function that allows Meta AI to read complete documents is about to arrive

WhatsApp is preparing for a major update: it will be possible soon send documents directly to Meta AIthe virtual assistant integrated into the app. An innovation that marks a leap in quality compared to current interactions, so far limited to text messages, voice notes and images. With the arrival of this function, we will no longer have to take screenshots ...

How Cuba Could Resist a US Invasion: Drones, Missiles, and Today's Situation

How Cuba Could Resist a US Invasion: Drones, Missiles, and Today’s Situation

In the last 67 years of history, starting from Cuban Revolution of 1953-1959 until today, the relationships between United States of America and the Republic of Cuba they were mostly characterized by mutual hostility. Countless times over these nearly seven decades, every subsequent presidential administration a Washington they attempted to suffocate the Cuban regime and get rid of its leadership ...

What is causing this heat wave in Italy and Europe, with peaks of 36 °C: how long will it last

What is causing this heat wave in Italy and Europe, with peaks of 36 °C: how long will it last

A map of average air temperatures 2 meters above the Earth’s surface. Credit: ECMWF On theItalyand on theWestern Europethe first real one has arrived heat wave this year, which is causing very high temperatures and definitely above the seasonal average for the end of May. The responsibility for this heat can be attributed to a anticyclone of subtropical North African ...

The Wi-Fi router can identify us in a room even without the smartphone on or connected

The Wi-Fi router can identify us in a room even without the smartphone on or connected

The home router can be used to identify who is in a room, even without the identified subjects having a smartphone or other device connected to Wi-Fi with them. A group of people demonstrated the feasibility of this computer researchers of Germany, who work for the KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology). These have demonstrated that the radio waves emitted by ...

Some animals change sex: sequential hermaphroditism from clownfish to wrasses

Some animals change sex: sequential hermaphroditism from clownfish to wrasses

If Finding Nemo had it been more scientifically correct, Nemo’s father would actually have been his mother. Clownfish (genus Amphiprion), Indeed, they change sex throughout their lives: with increasing size and in the absence of a breeding female, male individuals can transform into females themselves. And there are even species that can change sex several times during their life! These ...

What divers breathe in tanks and why the gas mixture changes based on depth

What divers breathe in tanks and why the gas mixture changes based on depth

Image generated with AI for representational purposes only. The bodies of five Italian divers died during aimmersion at Maldives they returned to Italy: today, Monday 25 May, the task to carry out the tasks should be formalised autopsies in the morgue of the Gallarate hospital, in the province of Varese. The forensic doctors will thus be able to clarify the ...