Ecology

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The mines of the Sulcis-Iglesiente in Sardinia: the type of life of a miner

In Sardinia, there is a path, which can be traveled on foot or by bicycle, which winds through the paths that the miners traveled every day from home to work, among spectacular landscapes overlooking the sea, flora and Mediterranean fauna, abandoned villages And Dissheld mines. Yet these places, until the end of the last century, were spaces marked by sweat, ...

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What does “born with the shirt” mean?

Credits: © Vyacheslav Argenberg, via Wikimedia Commons A expression as elegant as it is apparently confused: what exactly means “Born with the shirt“? It is surprising perhaps to know that there is a very strong bond between this phrase he is newborn children: its expressive strength is linked to the real and very rare event that occurs when a newborn ...

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How has the cost of school books changed in the last 20 years? The AGCM report

In recent weeks, Italian families are purchasing the new ones school texts: If in primary school the costs are almost totally absorbed by the educational institution, in subsequent degrees – middle and higher – the purchase is borne by the family, net of possible subsidies and contributed to the purchase. According to the latest report of theCompetition and market authority ...

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Is the anti-poofing filter for spam calls working? What the first agcom data say

The Anti-Spoofing filter introduced byAGCOM last August 19th He is starting to produce the first tangible results. The information provided by the operators, collected by theAuthority for guarantees in communicationshave made it possible to determine a decrease in calls perpetrated with the technique of spoofing. According to the data in question, they would be in this case just under 43 ...

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Because Nepal is the only country in the world not to have a rectangular or square flag

In these days the Nepal it is in the spotlight of the international media due to the massive disorders brought by the “revolt of the generation Z“, During which thousands of young people took to the streets to oppose the complaints and corruption of the Nepalese government. In the many services that flooded web and social networks you will certainly ...

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Albania appoints a minister created with AI: it’s called Diella and will deal with public contracts

The Albanian minister created with the Ai, Diella. Credit: Agjencinë Kombëtare Të Shoqërisë Information Albania will be the first country in the world to have one Minister entirely created with artificial intelligence: his name is Diella, who in Albanian means “sun”, and will deal with public contracts, one of the sectors with the highest index of corruption in the country. ...

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The story of Jack Kilby, the man who in 1958 invented the first integrated circuit from which microchips were born

Jack Kilby, the inventor of the integrated circuit, while exhibiting the original specimen. Credit: Texas Instrument. The September 12, 1958 One of the most important pages in the history of technology was written: Jack Kilbyyoung US electronic engineer recently hired Texas Instrumentshe showed for the first time the operation of a integrated circuit. From that apparently simple experiment – an ...

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Dubailand was to become the largest amusement park in the world in Dubai: what happened

Dubailand, headquarters. Credit: Via Wikimedia Commons After some interruptions and slowdowns, it is currently under construction south of Dubai In the United Arab Emirates the Dubailanda huge recreational complex, a themed park on a large scale, with an exorbitant cost of Ben 64 billion dollars. First thought of an area of 278 square km Divided into areas with residences, themed ...

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As the school year in Europe and other continents is organized

There is no single “European school year”: each country has its own calendar and duration of the school year, even if in principle in European countries we return to school later A summer break of 2-3 months (the longest is the Italian one). The beginning of the year, however, changes from case to case: from August to the end of ...