A. Ferrazzi, Portrait of Giacomo Leopardi, circa 1820, oil on canvas, Recanati, Palazzo Leopardi. Perhaps the most famous Italian poet after Dante and certainly one of the most loved, Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco Salesio Saverio Pietro Leopardi (Recanati, 29 June 1798 – Naples, 14 June 1837) is the author of some of the highest masterpieces of Italian literature and a cornerstone ...
View of Stonehenge. Credit: Bygarethwiscombe – https://www.flickr.com/photos/garethwiscombe/1071477228/in/photostream/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=13278936 For over a century the origin of the so-called “Altar Stone” Of Stonehenge represented one of the greatest archaeological enigmas of Great Britain: this enormous sandstone monolith, almost five meters long and located at the center of the famous megalithic complex, is very different from the other stones that ...
Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio during the Mexico–South Africa match at the 2026 World Cup. Credit: @433, via The 2026 World Cup is the largest tournament in history: 48 teams, 104 matches, 3 countries. But there’s one thing that really makes it different from all those that came before it besides the number of teams. They are the technologies hidden on ...
Summer 2026 comes with a higher bill than expected. What pushes prices upwards is above all the conflict in Iranwhich caused the prices of energy raw materials and it quickly spread to the entire consumption chain. The result is inflation that accelerated sharply in April, rising to 2.7% year-on-year from 1.7% in Marchwith energy goods having reversed course, going from ...
Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. Eyes on the sky tonight, June 12, 2026to observe theplanetary alignment which will involve the planets Mercury, Venus and Jupiter (these two already protagonists of the “heavenly kiss”) and which will be visible to the naked eye shortly after sunset. At the coordinates of Rome, the Sun will set at 8.46pm, offering ...
Credit: Anthropic. In the past few hours Anthropic made it accessible to the general public Claude Fable 5the first public version of his flagship model of the Mythos familyuntil now reserved for a few selected partners due to concerns related to cybersecurity. The one taken by the Amodei brothers’ startup represents a significant step: Fable 5 is the most capable ...
THE Football World Cup 2026 they are the largest in history: 48 teams, 104 games, 16 cities between Mexico, the United States and Canada. Much of the tournament will be played in the United States, which hosts 78 of the 104 matches. And it is precisely in US stadiums that a safety protocol that is little known in Europe but ...
An air ambulance vehicle: the image is purely illustrative, no images of the tragedy on Lake Maggiore have yet been released A private helicopter crashed this morning in the Lake Maggiore areain the locality of Solcio di Lesain the province of Novara (Piedmont). An ambulance and an air ambulance immediately arrived on the scene 118. At the moment, however, the ...
With the arrival of the summer and the inevitable outdoor trips, the probability of encountering a snake on our paths increases considerably. In Italy there are over 20 species of snakes and it is essential to know how to distinguish two very specific categories: the snakescompletely harmless, and the viperswhich are instead equipped with poison. Recognizing them at first glance ...
Israel he was again accused of using white phosphorus weaponsan extremely harmful incendiary substance, over densely populated areas of Lebanon during its conflict against Hezbollah. The use, reported by experts and humanitarian organizations such as Human Rights Watchhas also been documented by New York Times, who collected and verified video evidence where the characteristic smoke trails of this type of ...