Ecology

The Burtele Foot was a new species of australopithecine, an ancient "relative" of Lucy: what the discovery reveals

The Burtele Foot was a new species of australopithecine, an ancient “relative” of Lucy: what the discovery reveals

On the site of Woranso-Millein Ethiopiagods came to light fossil remains associated with some kind of Australopithecus. The Ethiopian researcher who studied them, the paleoanthropologist Yohannes Haile-Selassiehe immediately realized that these bones, or part of a foot (known as Burtele’s foot), some teethand one jaw infantile, presented characteristics different from those of Australopithecus afarensisthe species to which the famous one ...

Do you become an adult at 32? The new study on the 5 phases of brain development

Do you become an adult at 32? The new study on the 5 phases of brain development

A new study conducted by Columbia University, published in the well-known journal Nature Communicationsoffers a fascinating new perspective on one of the most complex events in human neurobiology: the brain development throughout life. Analyzing the brains of 3,802 people from 0 to 90 yearsresearchers found that the brain topology, that is, the way in which they are organised neuronal connectionsvaries ...

IT-Alert test in Lombardy on 28 November due to industrial accident: time and municipalities in which the alarm sounds

IT-Alert test in Lombardy on 28 November due to industrial accident: time and municipalities in which the alarm sounds

Today November 28 a new test will be held IT-Alert: after Umbria and Veneto, the public alarm system will be tested in Lombardy for the specific risk of “major industrial accident”, involving the plant Bracco Imaging SpA of Ceriano Laghetto (MB). At 09:00, all devices within i 3km from the plant, subject to Seveso Directivethey will receive a message. The ...

How the two enormous "islands" were formed at a depth of 2900 km on the border with the Earth's core

How the two enormous “islands” were formed at a depth of 2900 km on the border with the Earth’s core

The magma ocean of the early Earth above the core-mantle boundary. Credit: Yoshinori Miyazaki A new study, developed by a team of American and Chinese researchers and published in the journal Natureexplains how two huge ones could have originated “islands” as big as continentsmade up of hot and dense rocky masses with anomalous chemical composition, which are found in the ...

How SAM 3D works, the new Meta AI model that transforms 2D images into 3D models

How SAM 3D works, the new Meta AI model that transforms 2D images into 3D models

Credit: Meta. In the past few days Half he announced SAM 3D (Segment Anything Model), a software that allows you to extrapolate complex and spatially coherent three-dimensional models starting from simple two-dimensional photographs. The heart of this new technological architecture lies in two distinct but complementary models: SAM 3D Objects And SAM 3D Body. The first is specifically engineered for ...

From tempered chocolate to Baci Perugina: in the factory to show you the production

From tempered chocolate to Baci Perugina: in the factory to show you the production

To obtain a chocolate bar with a shiny appearance and perfect consistency, it is not enough to simply melt and cool some chocolate. There is a real science behind it: that of temperingwhich we experienced in the Perugina Chocolate School. In the video we show you how two chocolate bars obtained from a single melted mass, but cooled following two ...