Ecology

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What does SPQR mean? The acronym symbol of ancient Rome

Credit: Creative Commons Attribion -Share Alike 4.0; Via Wikimedia Commons According to the majority of scholars who dealt with the topic, SPQR is the acronym for “Senatus populusque romanus“, which in Latin means”The Senate and the Roman people“. The abbreviation is attested starting from the period of the late Roman Republic, or at the beginning of the first century AC ...

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Closing some roads could improve traffic: the Braess paradox

How many times blocked in the middle of the traffic We thought that to improve circulation it would be necessary to add new roads? In reality, more roads do not necessarily mean less traffic: sometimes close some It is the choice improve. This counterintuitive phenomenon is called Braess paradoxfrom the name of the German mathematician Dietrich Braess who described it ...

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Whatsapp Testa the Night mode, a new function that will allow us to take better night photos

WhatsApp is testing one new function which could significantly improve the quality of the photos taken from its official app in low light conditions. Some testers that use the beta version 2.25.22.2 of WhatsApp for Android have in fact reported the introduction of a Night mode within the camera interface of the famous messaging app. This is a novelty that, ...

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What is the emocromatosis, the excess of iron caused by a hereditary disease

Our body is an extremely complex “machine”, for whose operation they are Fundamental adequate levels of different chemical elements: conditions such as theiron deficiency anemia (Sideropenic anemia) are relatively common and therefore known. If the lack of nutrients is a problem, however, also a excessive accumulation can cause problems: this is the case for example of theemocromatosiscondition hereditary which can ...

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The first submarine built in Italy after the Second World War was the Enrico Toti S 506

The submarine Enrico Toti (S 506) represents a milestone in the history of naval shipbuilding Italian. The submarine is the first of a class of four submarines, built in the 60s of the last century, which took its name: the Toti class. Toti was built on construction sites of the Italcantieri Of Monfalconein the province of Gorizia, starting from 1965. ...

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Bitchat, the app for no internet is available on the App Store: how to download it and use it

A New app for iPhone Allows you to send messages without using the Internet, Wi-Fi or cellular network. Is called Bitchatwas developed as an open source project from Jack Dorsey -Twitter co-founder (the social now known as X)-and is now officially available on the App Store. It works through bluetooth Low Energya short -range technology that allows two neighboring devices ...

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How the Formula 1 qualifications work: the Mechanism to eliminate Q1, Q2 and Q3

Lewis Hamilton during the qualifications of the GP of Hungary 2019. Credit: Michał Obrochta, via Wikimedia Commons The qualifications of Formula 1 They are used to establish the starting grid for Sunday race and today they take place in three elimination phases: Q1, Q2 and Q3. In the Q1 all the pilots and the 15 faster run to Q2; From ...

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Because one tsunami even one meter is considered extremely dangerous

Credit: Khao Lak Ausflüge In the collective imagination, the tsunami they are often represented as gigantic waves that above bridges and skyscrapers. In some Hollywood films are portrayed as imposing walls waterhigh beyond 100 meterswhich are violently fledged on the US metropolises. In reality, beyond a few exceptions, tsunami waves reach heights generally lower than 10 foot Near the coast, ...