There paprika it’s much more than just a simple one spectheto: it is the fruit of a rich botanical, historical and food tradition. The origin of the name probably derives from the Slavic term “papar”, which means pepper. It is not a mix of ingredients but a very fine powder of dried red peppers (bell peppers) which is used in ...
Generated with AI The last weekend of October has a special meaning for ski lovers: it is the World Cup has begun of alpine skiing with the double giant slalom (men’s and women’s) of Söldenon the Rettenbach glacier, in Austria. A glacier which, like many others, is suffering greatly from the higher temperatures each year and the winters which never ...
Intensity map of the earthquake in Avellino. Credit: INGV In recent days there has been a lot of talk about earthquake in Avellino of October 25, characterized by a magnitude of 4.0. and a depth of 14km. Even though it is a Campania location, it is best not to get confused: it is not an earthquake related to Phlegraean bradyseism ...
With the transition tosolar timewhich occurred between Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 October, the hands of the clocks have moved back an hourreducing the hours of evening light in our days, which will progressively shorten until winter solstice. This change may affect the our mood, making us feel more tired and down in the dumps, while at high latitudes the ...
The pill riddle: how to take a red and a blue one in the dark? In the pill riddle the situation is this: every morning you have to take two pills, one red and one bluewhich you keep in two separate boxes. So one morning, like every morning, you get ready to take your two medicines, but the light goes ...
TAO seen from the outside. Credit: University of Tokyo The Tokyo Atacama Observatory (TAO) is a Japanese astronomical observatory whose construction was completed last year at the top of the Cerro Chajnantor In the Atacama desertin Chile, at a record height of 5,640 above sea levelmaking it the highest observatory in the world. The advantage is that up there the ...
Nightmares are dream activities particularly vivid and distressing which occur mainly in the REM phase of sleep. These are not just “bad dreams”, but a significantly negative experience for those who live it and who affects not only that on the quality of sleep but also on moodupon awakening. In fact, the feeling of malaise lasts for a good part ...
The veil is the garment used by Muslim women for cover the head and other parts of the body on public occasions and, more generally, in the presence of male people. The veil can be of various types and its use changes depending on the country: in some cases it is mandatory (by law or social convention), in other cases ...
Nuclear fusion, a reaction in which two light atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier one, is the process that powers the Sun and the stars, capable of releasing enormous quantities of energy. But then, if it works so well in nature, why can’t we reproduce it on Earth too? Nuclear fusion is clean, safe, practically inexhaustible. To get it ...
Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer; via Wikimedia Commons We all know her face, even without having studied it: slightly turned to the left, her gaze turned towards the observer, the colorful turban on her head and a fleshy pearl hanging from her ear and her mouth open, something not common in Dutch paintings. This is an element that ...