Magnitude 3.6 earthquake in the province of Avellino. A strong shock of earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit the province of Avellino today, Friday 24 October 2025, at 2.40pm: as reported by INGVthe epicenter was located at Grottolella (about 6 km from the city center), at a depth of 16.1 km. The shock was also distinctly felt at Naples, Salerno And ...
ChatGPT Atlas interface. Credit: OpenAI. ChatGPT Atlasthe new browser produced by OpenAI, enters headlong into a competition between tech giants that could be shaping the way in which we will interact with the Web in the future and above all with the information it contains: it is a real “browser wars”and it’s not the first time this has happened. After ...
There freedom of the press in Italy has worsened over the last year: globally, we have in fact gone from 46th positionwith a ranking of 69.8 out of 100, at 49th position and a score of 68.01 according to the 2025 ranking drawn up by the NGO Reporters without borders. The problem is tangible, especially after an attack on the ...
There Greenlandlocated near the North Pole, is changing shape, size and geographical position. The earth’s crust that constitutes it is compressing in some areas and stretching in others, with the result that the island has become smaller overall. Besides, yes it is moved towards the north-west at the pace of about 2 cm per year over the last twenty years. ...
Anyone who has one gas cooker at home knows that, once turned on, i stove one is formed immediately blue/light blue flamevery different from the red/orange one generated by a candle or a wood-burning fireplace. We might think that the color of the flame depends on its fuel, which in the case of stoves it is typically methane gas or ...
AI generated image They exist in the world curious and almost surreal prohibitionsi (like that of chewing gum), but few are as unique as the forbidden to die to Longyearbyenin Norway, e on Itsukushima Islandin Japan. In Longyearbyen, the law prevents burial due to the permafrost, which preserves bodies and can encourage pathogens, while in Itsukushima religious tradition prohibits birth ...
Imagine walking in an autumn forest, with the humid air smelling of earth and leaves. Under your feet, a few centimeters above the ground, lies a treasure that shines not with gold, but with aroma: the truffle. Hidden deep in the ground, truffles blend with the roots of trees such as oaks or poplars, exchanging water, minerals and organic compounds ...
Plaque depicting Askel Sandemose. Credit: via Wikimedia Commons There Jante’s lawcodified for the first time in the novel “A Fugitive Meets His Tracks” by Askel Sandemose (1933), is a set of social norms that regulate behavior in Scandinavia, promoting humility, equality, modesty and solidarity, from the perspective that the community is more important than single individual. Individual pride and ambition ...
Inside our heads is the most complex network ever known: 86 billion neuronsconnected by trillions of called connections synapses. THE neurons they are the fundamental cells of the nervous system, they can be considered as the basic units of the brain that coordinate the functioning of the organism. They are highly specialized cells with a specific purpose: receive, process and ...
The strong ones emerge in the last few days fears for the stability of the 432 Park Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan (New York). The building, a streamlined one reinforced concrete tower of 425 m and 102 floors mainly used to house luxury apartments, appears to suffer from unusual structural issues – cracking phenomenon and presence of widespread cracks – raising ...