Image generated with AI. Elk Cloner It is considered the first computer virus in history, developed in 1982 by the American student Richard “Rich” Skrentajust 15 years old. Born as a joke to have fun with your friends, the virus was created to infect the Apple II DOS operating system through a simple floppy disks. Based on Skrenta’s idea, on ...
The story of Enel is closely intertwined with that of Italy’s economic and industrial development, and tells how the company has managed to constantly evolve, facing the challenges of every era and preparing the ground for the future of the energy transition. Founded in 1962 as “National Electricity Authority”Enel was born with the aim of unifying dozens of small local ...
Today, November 11ththe so-called “San Martino summer” begins, which has always been associated with sunny days and milder temperatures in autumn period: the popular saying «the summer of San Martino lasts three days and a little” is based on a Christian legend – which has as its protagonist Martin of Tours and his charitable gesture towards a beggar – but ...
The flood in Emilia-Romagna in September 2024. Credit: Fire Brigade The floods occurred in Emilia-Romagna in 2023 and 2024 they are the result of the combination between the particular conformation of the territory And extreme weather conditions increasingly widespread due to climate change. The phenomenon, called “cul-de-sac effect”, was analyzed by the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) in a ...
The idea of metaverse was it a flop? Even if the project proposed by Half Of Mark Zuckerberg has largely ended up forgotten, according to several experts what is happening is not an end, but a transformation. Until a few years ago in the tech world we heard more and more talk about “metaverse”. We imagined a three-dimensional digital environment ...
You’re watching The effects of drugs Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop There is an ancient cactus which, if ingested, can cause psychotropic and hallucinogenic effects. Is called peyote and it is among the most surprising natural substances of all, capable of amplifying perceptions and evoking experiences that many cultures have interpreted as a contact with the spirit ...
The Ferrari 499P during the race in Bahrain. Credit: @Ferrari After more than half a century the Ferrari she returned to the top of the world by winning the Builders title and the Drivers title of the championship FIA WEC 2025 (FIA World Endurance Championship). The feat was sealed in the last race of the season, the 8 Hours of ...
Istria does not belong to Italy because after the Second World War it was assigned to Yugoslavia by peace treatysigned in Paris on 10 February 1947. Previously, a part of the population was Italian speaking and ethnic but, even before the signing of the treaty, it had begun to abandon the territory and to seek refuge in Italy. The definitive ...
In the United States, a bipartisan group of senators made up of Democrats and Republicans reached an initial agreement to overcome the shutdownthe temporary suspension of many federal government services. The senators voted the first procedural step of the budget lawthat is, the first decision necessary to start the process that will lead to final approval. The vote ended with ...
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS observed on November 8, 2025 after passing perihelion shows a complex system of jets. Credit: M. Jäger, G. Rhemann, E. Prosperi Interest is reignited interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS visiting the Solar System a few days after its passage to perihelion (the point of maximum proximity to the Sun): the latest images in fact show a unusual queuing ...