For centuries it has been said that crows never forget a wrong, who hold a grudge and who, furthermore, remain close to their partner for life. Are they legends or is there a scientific basis? In recent years, numerous studies have begun to reveal the complexity of their relationships, giving us a surprisingly familiar picture. Today we know that the ...
Photo by aboodi vesakaran. photo credits: Unsplash The government of Madagascarled by the president Andry Rajoelinadeclared on Sunday 12 October that a coup attemptafter the elite unit of the army Capsat claimed control of the armed forces and called for the president’s resignation following anti-government protests that have already caused 22 deaths. In a statement, the presidency denounced “an attempt ...
You receive an unknown call, answer it and there is only silence on the other end. Keep repeating «Hello, who is it?» a couple more times, and then you hang up thinking about a mistake, very quickly forgetting what happened. Yet, that handful of seconds could have an unexpected value for cybercriminals: it can be enough to confirm that your ...
Some damage from the flash flood that hit Alicante. Credit: iSPAIN, via There DANA Alice is causing flash floods, torrential rains and serious damage across the entire western side of Spain: a Valencia the day was recorded rainier of the last 10 years, with rainfall accumulations of more than that 140 mm in 12 hours (of which 110 mm fell ...
Artificial canals have always facilitated interchanges, and above all trade, between countries, connecting seas, rivers, lakes and reducing transport times and costs. Emblematic examples are the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal, which have revolutionized global shipping routes. When not used for maritime transport, these mega works have arrived where nature couldn’tmaking arid lands cultivable. Some canals have very ancient ...
In Italy more than one in 4 minors lives in disadvantaged conditions (26.7%), of which almost half live in South or in Islands (43.6%). And if they live in a single-income family, the risk of poverty or social exclusion is about three times higher than that of families with more than one income. With these figures, Italy shows worse percentages ...
THE’Agentic AI represents one of the most interesting and discussed developments in the artificial intelligence sector. This technology, in fact, introduces the possibility for AI systems to make autonomous decisions and carry out complex objectives with minimal human supervision. If generative artificial intelligence models – such as those that write texts (e.g. OpenAI’s ChatGPT) and produce images (e.g. Google’s Nano ...
Perhaps not everyone knows that there have been polyurethane swimsuits for competitive swimming LZR Racerwhich they were bandits because they broke so many records that they were eventually considered “technological doping”. The story begins at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The audience holds their breath, the swimmers are on the starting blocks, the race starts… and the scoreboard lights up: new ...
When you press the “Start” button on a copier, something surprisingly complex happens within seconds. Inside the machine, a physical and chemical process is activated based on the interaction between light, electric charges and matter: the xerographyinvention of 1938 Of Chester Carlsonwhich revolutionized the way documents are reproduced. In simple terms, a photocopier creates a perfect copy of an image ...
Rest of insect found in Ecuador in a fragment of amber from 112 million years ago. In Ecuador A deposit of fossil resins (amber) dating back to around 112 million years agoin the midst of the dinosaur era, containing insectstraces of plant and even one intact cobweb. It is the first deposit containing remains of arthropod species and pollen found ...