When we talk about “water hardness”we mean how much the water we drink or use every day is rich in mineral (ions), including calcium (Ca²⁺) and magnesium (Mg²⁺). Obviously, the term “hardness“is used in a figurative way: water, even if rich in calcium and magnesium ions, is not physically hard, but something can change from a chemical point of view. ...
Today is the deadline “sniper” indicates a marksman, a soldier trained to strike with great precision at a distance – usually from a hidden position – but the history of this word is curious and surprising. In fact, the etymology of “sniper” probably derives from the nickname “Beppe Cecco” given toEmperor Franz Joseph I of Austria during the First World ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted in favor of one resolution drafted by the United States which strengthens President Donald Trump’s peace plan for Gaza. The resolution provides for deployment of an international force and a transitional government body for the Strip. There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which the United States called “historic and constructive”, ...
To the Phlegraean Fields the increase in is confirmed bradyseismwhile the seismicity: according to the latest bulletin of the INGV Vesuvian Observatory, in the week from 10 to 16 November 2025, 88 earthquakesof maximum magnitude 2.1 (a clear decrease compared to the 165 tremors of the previous week) while from 10 October 2025 the average speed of ground lifting, linked ...
Image generated with AI. The Solar System could move in space three times faster than previously measureda fact which if confirmed could open a crack in the standard model of cosmology, which explains the large-scale behavior of the universe. This is stated by a new study published in the journal Physical Review Lettersin which a team of astrophysicists – led ...
A serious accident occurred in the province of Lualabain the Democratic Republic of Congo: the failure of a portion of land covering the access tunnel to one cobalt mine. The landslide event caused the death of at least 32 workersaccording to local authorities. The video demonstrates the significant extension of the landslide and its impact on the adjacent areas. Rescue ...
The town of Versa after the flooding of the Torre river. Credit: Fire Brigade A wave of bad weather hit the Friuli-Venezia Giulia: to Cormons, in the province of Gorizia, a landslide swept away three houses in the early hours of yesterday 17 November, causing the death of two people. Heavy rainfall dumped on the area approx 300 mm of ...
Bright galleries, wide corridors, shiny floors, the same chain stores and fast food outlets… from Italy to China, passing through the United States and the United Arab Emirates, shopping centers surprisingly share the same look and feel. It is no coincidence: these similarities are the result of the logic – now standardized – that over the last seventy years has ...
Credits: William Caxton, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Even if the history of advertising begins in ancient times (primordial forms of advertising can be traced back to the Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations), the first advertising in the modern senseintended as an advertisement for the purpose of sale, was born in England in 1479when the publisher and printer William Caxton distributed ...
Has ChatGPT gotten worse? This is the feeling that many users experienced after the release of the GPT-5 model last August. Shorter answers, various inaccuracies, sensational oversights… signals that did not go unnoticed by users, who expressed their disappointment on social media by publishing negative comments and feedback on the apparent downgrade of the famous OpenAI chatbot. But because we ...