Recently in the western part of the island of Sumatra, some Indonesian researchers they documented some flowering of a plant hiding in a vine. There Rafflesia hasseltii he spends most of his life like this. Years, sometimes decades, without showing themselves. Walking in the humid undergrowth of the forests of Sumatraeven if you look for it and pass by it, ...
A sudden wave of notifications for restoring login credentials in recent days it has overwhelmed 17.5 million Instagram users. The emails in question were not part of a phishing attempt (sending spoofed emails to steal data). In fact, these were absolutely authentic communications from the Meta servers, showever solicited by unauthorized third party actors. The genesis of this phenomenon is ...
The eruption of the Kilauea volcano. Credit: USGS There was a new one eruption of the volcano Kilaueaat Hawaiiwhich began on the night of January 11, 2026: as reported by the USGS, the lava overflowed almost continuously from the north mouth of Halemaʻumaʻu, producing domed fountains who have reached the 6 meters in height. This morning only minor splashes of ...
After the US incursion into Venezuela, the fuel and electricity crisis in Cuba further worsened, with the majority of its revenues coming from Venezuelan oil (in exchange for security services for Hugo Chavez and Nicolás Maduro). Last January 4, President Donald Trump said that “Cuba is about to collapse” and that he does not believe there is a need for ...
Because for many people the corianderknown as Chinese parsley or cilantro, tastes like soap or of bug? When we eat coriander, a lot of aromas are released in the mouth, that is, molecules that evaporate, reach the nose, interact with the olfactory receptors and therefore contribute to the flavour. At the basis of the subjective perception of the flavor of ...
Down of Poste Italiane throughout Italy. Credit: Poste Italiane. New malfunctions for Italian Post Office Today January 12, 2026: users are experiencing problems with the use of the website and apps during the morning today January 12: as reported by the Downdetector portal, the reports reached their peak around 10.36amwith a total of 743 outages reported. Specifically, the 71% of ...
Image of the Pleiades open star cluster obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope. Credits: NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar Observatory The famous Pleiades star cluster in the constellation of Taurus, cited in Greek mythology as the seven sistersit could be what remains of the nucleus of a largest complex of stars known as Major Complex of the Pleiades (Greater Pleiades Complex). ...
On average, in the world, a person spends approx 90 thousand hours of their life working (equivalent to approximately 45 years of full-time work). We can say that work constitutes a very significant part of the lives of billions of people (around 3.5 billion global workers). In recent years the younger generations they have reevaluated their expectations and demands regarding ...
We have an A4 sheet of paper and some scissors available: it is possible cut out the sheet in order to be able to pass through it? We can bend and cut it as much as we want, but we can’t reattach it to form a ring. At first instinct, what you would probably do is fold the sheet in ...
You’re watching Pop Corner Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop In this new episode of PopCorner we had the pleasure of hosting Luisa Ranierione of the most talented and loved actresses of Italian cinema. From icon of elegance to interpreter of visceral roles, Luisa told us behind the scenes of her profession, her relationship with her husband Luca ...