Ecology

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Total Eclipse of the Moon of September 7: at what time, where and how to see it in Italy

Tomorrow September 7, 2025 from 19:30 About the sky will give us an astronomical show that we advise you not to lose: aTotal lunar eclipsesometimes also nicknamed “Blood Moon” Because we will be able to observe for our satellite dyed of a bright color between orange and red. In Italy we will lose the early stages of the eclipse, in ...

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Is it true that bats attack the hair?

It is one of the most popular beliefs in the West: i bats attack the hair (in particular the female ones) During the flight, and once grasped, they do not give up the grip, to the point of having to resort to scissors to detach them. A popular legend apparently very ancient, but without any foundation: the bats do not ...

Una raffigurazione cinematografica del mostro di Frankenstein (Wikimedia Commons)

Frankenstein’s monster is inspired by the experiments of the Italian scientist Giovanni Aldini: the story

A cinematographic representation of the Frankenstein monster. Credit: Via Wikimedia Commons To create the character of Frankenstein monsterMary Shelley was inspired by the experiments of an Italian scientist, Giovanni Aldini. Based on the theories of Luigi Galvani regarding theanimal electricityat the beginning of the 19th century Aldini made experiments on animal bodies, causing movements through electric discharges and making them ...

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Who was Andrea Camilleri, the famous writer who gave birth to Commissioner Montalbano

Andrea Camilleri in 2010 at the Chiara Prize, Luino. Credits: Friends of Piero Chiara Association, CC by 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Andrea Camilleri It was not only “the dad” of Commissioner Montalbanohis life and his work tell almost a century of Italian history, intertwining theater, television, literature, civil commitment and an unmistakable language that mixes Italian Sicilian dialect. Born in ...

soluzione indovinello del virus

Can you stop the virus and solve the riddle?

In the virus investigation, a group of scientists must be able to understand how stop a hazard prehistoric virus. The only way they have to prevent it from spreading wherever it is to destroy one by one all rooms of your laboratory filling them with a toxic liquid Both for the virus and humans. How will they save the world ...

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“Meduse cyborg” to explore the oceans: what they are and what they can help

Hear about jellyfish cyborg It can make one think of a science fiction film, but Hollywood has nothing to do with it. Groups of scientists are carrying out studies on less advanced organisms Like jellyfish to move from cinematographic fiction to reality. So feared by swimmers in the Mediterranean waters, as appreciated by researchers as a model for the creation ...