Ecology

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We live more and more: will we get to 200 years old? What is our life expectancy

There Global life expectancy continue to grow Rather quickly and we are not sure there is a limit to its maximum extension. To date, in Italy the life expectancy is 84 years old and we are positioned among the first countries of the world for longevity. If he continued to grow as in the last 150 years, in 2500 We ...

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Because in China white is the color of mourning: the cultural meaning

Credits: Tom Hanley In the western world, the black It is commonly recognized as the color of mourning and death: clothes, veils, black tie at the funeral. However, in many cultures of theEastern Asiaparticularly in Chinais the white to be symbol of death and mourning: It is a custom that has its roots in ancient cosmologiescomplex symbolic systems and social ...

effetto nocebo

The walnut effect: when fear and negative expectations hurt us

THE’walnut effect implies the appearance or worsening of a symptom, regardless of the presence of a real cause, due to thenegative expectation of the patient: in other words, You feel bad because you expect to feel bad. It is the opposite of the famous placebo effectthat is, that improvement of the symptoms and the health condition that occurs thanks to ...

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Is there a flag on the planet Earth? The proposals

International Flag of Planet Earth (2015). Credit: Oskar Pernefeldt, via Wikimedia Commons States, regions and city of the world all have their own flag, A banner that symbolizes history or qualities. But is there one that is representative of our planet, the earth, and therefore is destined to symbolize humanity or an ideal world government (and that can possibly be ...

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The shortest road in the world is located in Scotland: it measures just 2.05 meters

Often we talk about the largest infrastructure projects in the world, of the most expensive ones, of those who aim to overcome primates from Guinness World Record, so to speak, increasing. But there are also engineering and architectural projects and works that hold records in the opposite direction, such as the Ebenezer place to Wick, in Scotland, who with his ...

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Artificial intelligence is very good at making us change your mind: the study

Between November 2024 and March 2025, a team ofUniversity of Zurich led a experiment On Reddit, a social platform similar to a forum, to evaluate how much they are persuasive Artificial intelligences. The research emerged that the Ai are much more good of people To make Reddit users change, even up to six times a lot. These results, published in ...

essere fisicamente attivi

What does it mean to be “physically active” and why do so many Italians are not but do they think so?

To be physically active It means carrying out physical activity regularly, and is important for improving health and lifestyle. In Italy, about the 48% of adults it can be considered physically active according to the standards of theWorld Health Organization. The perception of the level of physical activity practiced However, it corresponds to the one actually carried out: among the ...

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How deodorants work and what they are for

Deodorants are produced cosmetics used to combat bad body smells, caused not by sweat in themselves, as we are all used to thinking, but come on bacteria present on our skin. Especially those belonging to genres Corynebacterium, Micrococcaceae And Propionibacteriumpresent in large quantities at the axillary level, metabolize some molecules present in sweat, transforming them into smelly volatile molecules, such ...

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Because smartphones have a camera with many objectives: the characteristics of each

Observing the back of any smartphoneeven cheap, you will notice that presents multiple cameras. This choice is not only aesthetic or related to marketing. Each lens has a specific functiondesigned to expand the photographic skills of the device. The different objectives allow you to better face various situations: from large landscapes to distant subjects, passing through portraits with blurred wallpapers ...