Ecology

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 ...

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Because in English “Blue” also means melancholy: the origins from ancient Greece

In English, “To Feel Blue“It is a common way to say that one feels sad or melancholy. Not surprisingly the one that is passed off as the alleged” saddest day of the year “, in January, is called” Blue Monday “. But what does the blue color have to do with sadness or melancholy? The association is born in theAncient ...

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The largest iceberg in the A23a world has been disintegrating, it had resisted for almost 40 years: because it risks

The Iceberg A23a in November 2023. Credit: NASA THE’Iceberg A23athe largest in the world, has now come to its end after almost 40 years: after having detached itself from the ice of Antarctica, accepted and having started its drift again north on several occasions, now you are is quickly disintegrating in smaller fragments. In August 2024 its surface measured about ...

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Instagram app for iPad, what changes with the new interface and how to download it

THE’Official Instagram app has arrived on iPad. For about 15 years, users have had to settle for adapted versions or simple access via browser, while now it is finally possible to download the official app with a new interface designed specifically for the Apple tablet. The installation is free of the application of the goal through the App Store and ...