The intervention in Venezuela last January 3 to oust Nicolás Maduro, strongly supported by President Trump, is the last act of a long series of interferences of the United States in the affairs of Latin American countriesthat is, South America, Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean, countries that speak Spanish, Portuguese and French, distinguishing themselves from Anglo-Saxon America (USA and ...
Artist’s impression of Siwarha’s wake in Betelgeuse’s outer atmosphere. Credit: NASA, ESA, Elizabeth Wheatley (STScI) Betelgeusethe red supergiant in the constellation of Orionhas a companion, which astronomers have renamed Siwarha (“her bracelet” in Arabic): a star that had already been discovered, but now there is confirmation from a team of astronomers led by Andrea Dupree of the Smithsonian Center for ...
Ancient jawbone found in Thomas Quarry, approximately 773,000 years ago. Photo Credits: Hamza Mehimdate A study published in Nature reported that a group of researchers discovered gods new hominid fossils dating back 773 thousand years in a cave near Casablanca (Morocco), remains that could belong to closest ancestor (among those known to date) of modern human beings – Sapiens, Neanderthals ...
With theattack on Venezuela and the arrest of the President Nicolás Maduro, Donald Trump he’s trying to get his hands on the petrolium Venezuelan: in the last few hours, the USA has also seized two oil tankers linked to Caracas (one of which flies the Russian flag), unleashing the wrath of Moscow with the risk of resulting in an “oil ...
An image of a hair with split ends seen under a microscope The double ends they are one of the most common problems in hair care that can alter their aesthetics. From a medical point of view the technical term is trichoptylosis and indicate damage to the hair structure. In this article we will see why split ends form, what ...
Putting out fireworks with a laser: this is what – apparently – a video went viral after New Year’s Eve and is still continuing to run to the amazement of many users. The video depicts a green laser chasing gods Bengal shot into the sky: the moment the light beam reaches the rockets, they explode and go out instantly. The ...
While you are reading this article you are rotating around the Earth’s axis with speeds comparable to that of sound: to be precise, 1180-1280 km/h to the latitudes of Italy. Yet, despite the very high speed, we don’t feel this movement at all. We feel the rotation very well when we take a bend in the car or when we ...
In 2019 Donald Trump’s idea of “buy Greenland” seemed like a provocation, but the tune changed at the beginning of 2026. Following the White House’s statements last Tuesday 6 January which spoke of “militarily occupying the Arctic island” to guarantee their security in the face of growing threats from China and Russia in the Arctic, Denmark and Greenland – clearly ...
You’re watching Science Dialogues Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop In this new episode of Science Dialogues we hosted Marta Filippi a well-known face from the world of entertainment. Many know her as an actress and voice actress, but few know that Marta also has a degree in archeology. We had a chat to find out what studying ...
Credit: Niguarda Hospital Tissue Bank There Tissue Bank of theNiguarda Hospital in Milan it is a national center of excellence, one of only five of this type active in Italy (the others are located in Turin, Verona, Cesena and Siena). It is a structure capable of conservation 52,000 square centimetres of tissue, a vital resource for treating patients affected by ...