The three new species discovered in Australia, a gecko and two frogs. Credit: Hoskin, C.J., Davies, A. & Aland, K. (2024) A new species of Nactus gecko from boulder–pile habitat on Dauan Island, Torres Strait, Australia. During a targeted survey among the boulder clusters of Dauan Island – a granite island just 275 meters above sea level in the Torres ...
In 2023, every Italian citizen produced on average 496kg of rubbishfor a national total of over 29 million tons of municipal waste. These numbers that emerge from the new ISPRA Report 2024help us understand not only how much we produce, but also where and how trends change over time. Production is greater in Northern Italy, but values are increasing throughout ...
Image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS taken by the Gemini South telescope. Credits: Gemini Observatory Archive, CC BY–SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. There comet 3I/ATLASThe third interstellar object never discovered by man, continues to reserve new surprises as observations accumulate with the most powerful telescopes at our disposal. The latest in chronological order comes from data from the Keck telescope in ...
ChatGPT Atlas logo and interface. Credit: OpenAI. With ChatGPT AtlasOpenAI attempts to redefine the way users browse the Internet, by directly integrating artificial intelligence within the browser itself. ChatGPT Atlas, launched by the CEO of Open AI Sam Altmanmerges traditional navigation with an AI digital assistant capable of understanding what you are doing, helping the user complete tasks, summarize information, ...
The Taftan volcanolocated inSoutheastern Iran and hitherto considered extinct, shows signs of activity well 700,000 years after its last eruption. The clues to its potential awakening were discovered by researchers from the Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology, a research center of the Spanish National Research Council (Ipna-Csic). Their study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Lettersreveals that the area ...
The last ones 7 MVP titles from the NBA (the best basketball players of the season) were won by athletes born outside the United States. Giannis Antetokounmpo (Greece, x2), Nikola Jokić (Serbia, x3), Joel Embiid (Cameroon) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Canada), have become the standout athletes of the most famous and influential basketball league in the world. This curious trend demonstrates ...
A small device, the size of a coin, can transform from a useful tool for finding your lost items into a potential means of surveillance. Smart tags – how Apple AirTags, Samsung Smart Tags or Chipolojust to mention a few – were created to help locate lost items. In the wrong hands, however, they can become tools for stalking others. ...
Anyone who has opened at least once Google Scholar you will have come across that evocative phrase under the search bar: “stand on the shoulders of giants”. It is not just a slogan, it is a tribute to centuries of scientific and humanistic thought, a respect for the knowledge passed down from previous generations to posterity as well as an ...
THE nitazenidefined as drugs more potent than fentanylwould have caused the first case of overdose in Italy in a 28-year-old man in Brunico, in the province of Bolzano. In Trentino Alto-Adige, as confirmed by the Bolzano prosecutor Axel Bisignano, there were 35 reports related to these substances. What are Nitazens? Is it true that they are more dangerous than fentanyl? ...
There meteoropathy it is a syndrome that affects the development of debilitating symptoms or the exacerbations of existing symptoms during changes in the weather or seasons. It is to be distinguished from meteorological sensitivitywhich can be seen as a mild form, and which concerns individuals who are in some way sensitive to meteorological changes, without this leading to real debilitation. ...