Ecology

An asteroid enters the atmosphere and disintegrates over the Indian Ocean: it had been discovered 6 hours earlier

An asteroid enters the atmosphere and disintegrates over the Indian Ocean: it had been discovered 6 hours earlier

The trajectory of asteroid 2026 RW1 which entered the Earth’s atmosphere. Credit: ESA A small asteroid entered the Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrated over the Indian Oceanoff the northwestern coast of Australia: the space object, named 2026 RW1fell last September 6th around 18:07 Italianburning completely after entering the atmosphere and disintegrating without causing damage or impact craters. So far, it doesn’t ...

Why are the seat belts on airplanes abdominal and not three-point like in cars?

Why are the seat belts on airplanes abdominal and not three-point like in cars?

AI-generated image for illustrative purposes. When we get on a plane the first thing we do after sitting down is to fasten your seat beltthe abdominal one with the characteristic buckle flat which makes a loud “clack” when it closes. But why is it not used anyway three-point model which is present, for example, on cars? It all has to ...

2026 is the year of art thefts, all the hits: from coins to 4 paintings worth 9 million euros by Renoir

2026 is the year of art thefts, all the hits: from coins to 4 paintings worth 9 million euros by Renoir

Les Poissons, Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Public Domain photo via Wikimedia 2026 is gaining particular attention because it is a year with very frequent artistic thefts and in any case of great magnitude: in fact, they have been coming for several months paintings, jewels and other treasures were illicitly stolen from some of the most important European museum institutions and then disappear ...

Star Trek turns 60 in 2026 and celebrates with a new film: what technologies from the saga exist

Star Trek turns 60 in 2026 and celebrates with a new film: what technologies from the saga exist

By NBC Television – eBay itemphoto frontpublicity release, Public domain. Born on September 8, 1966 from the imagination of Gene Roddenberrythe Star Trek TV series turns today, 8 September 2026, sixty years to the day. Since the first seasons, thanks to the memorable science fiction setting, the saga has enjoyed extraordinary success, becoming an ever-expanding franchise. Today it has 14 ...

From John Ternus to Mark Zuckerberg: who the Big Tech CEOs are and how they got to the top

From John Ternus to Mark Zuckerberg: who the Big Tech CEOs are and how they got to the top

Everyday billions of people use products and services developed by a relatively small number of large companies: they search for information on Google, communicate through WhatsApp and Instagram, work with Microsoft software, purchase on Amazon or use devices produced by Apple. Behind these technologies and devices, which have become an integral part of the daily life of a huge portion ...

Summer 2026 is the hottest in Italy since 1950: with an average of 25.6°C it surpasses the 2003 record, CNR data

Summer 2026 is the hottest in Italy since 1950: with an average of 25.6°C it surpasses the 2003 record, CNR data

THE’CNR Institute for Bioeconomy (CNR-IBE) has certified that thesummer 2026 is the hottest in Italy since 1950 until todayousting the historic record of 2003 from the podium. In the collective imagination of Italians, the summer of 2003 has represented for over twenty years the absolute yardstick for defining extreme heat, a summer that has remained engraved in the memory for ...