Japanese immortalized in the act of greeting himself bowing; Credits: Maya – Aïs Yataghène via Wikimedia Commons In the heart of Japanese culture, bow (ojigi) is a symbol that goes well beyond the gesture itself: it tells a civilization. It is an act that embodies respect, humility and a profound awareness of social dynamics, important in this land; It is ...
Domus de Janas in Sardinia. The Domus de Janasin Sardinian language “Fairy Houses“, They have become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These buildings of Sardinia are hypogean tombs carved into the rock dating back to the Neolithic, therefore much older than the well -known Nuraghi. With this resolution of 12 July, the World Heritage Committee, during the Paris session, reconfirms ...
The guillotine is a car to perform death sentences, consisting of a blade that, falling along an obligatory route between two uprights, cut the head of the condemned. Invented in France in the eighteenth century, it was officially adopted after the beginning of the French Revolution on the proposal of the deputy Joseph-Ignace Guillotinto which the name owes. Guillotin is ...
For the first time in the career, Jannik Sinner conquer the tournament of Wimbledon 2025 by beating the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz With the score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, at the end of a match that lasted just over 3 hours. It is a result that brings Sinner into history, becoming the first Italian ever to raise the prestigious trophy ...
Are you terrified by the Calabrian? You could avoid them dressing up with white or green: At least so suggests a study conducted by researchers from the University of Lódz in Poland. The compound eye of the hornet (Vespa Crabro) is able to distinguish shapes and colors And the research conducted by the Polish University shows that the degree of ...
1237 days have passed since the beginning of the War between Russia and Ukraineyet a perspective of peace seems more and more distant. In fact, the conflict underwent a new escalation: in the night between 13 and 14 July, 136 Russian drones hit at least 10 Ukrainian locations, after the largest had already been launched last week air attack against ...
Air India plane disaster. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office (Godl -India), Godl -India, via Wikimedia Commons The public was made Preliminary report of the Air India flight disaster, in which a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed on June 12 immediately after taking off from Ahmedabad airport, causing 260 victims and 68 injured. The report summarizes in 15 pages the results of the ...
The violent explosion caused by the crash of the Suz1 flight to London airport Southend. Credit: John Cremeans, via X. A small airplane And precipitated in the take -off phase Yesterday, July 13, at the airport of London Southend: according to the British media, it was a Beechcraft B200 Super King Airabout 12 meters long and directed to Lelystad, in ...
In all the continents of the planet there are places mysterious, inaccessible or prohibited. The reasons can be many: environmental or climatic issues, high risk for personal safety, respect for places of worship, historical and artistic protection, safeguarding of local communities, military restrictions … but the more a place will be considered secret, or forbidden, the greater the call it ...
“Like a moth towards the flame”: the attraction of night insects, such as mosses, flies and beetles, towards the sources of artificial light It is so known that it is proverbial. But why are they attracted by light? Actually, they do not fly “towards” a light that attracts them, But rather they turn around! The most accredited hypothesis is that ...