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No, the luck biscuits are not Chinese: that’s where they come from

Many Chinese restaurants at the end of the meal give customers the famous “Fortune biscuits“. These are thin pods that, when broken, reveal a small paper ticket on which motivational phrases or, in some cases, lucky numbers are reported. These sweets can be found in Asian restaurants throughout Europe and the USA … but why are they almost unobtainable in ...

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Is it possible to create a building made of fog? Yes, here’s what the Blur Building was like in Switzerland

In 2002, on the waters of Lake Neuchâtel, in Switzerland, a apparently massless building appeared in Switzerland. It was the Blur Buildingone of the temporary pavilions of theExpo.02the sixth Swiss National Exhibition held in Yverdon-Les-Bains, made using an impalpable material, not to say “intangible”. The appearance, in fact, was that of a platform suspended above the lake, Wrapped in a ...

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The bacterium responsible for the death of billions of starfish discovered: the new study

Exemplary of Stella Marina Girasole (Pycnopody Helianthoides). Credit: Broken Inglory, CC By –a 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons It is a strain of the bacterium Pectenicide vibrio the culprit of the epidemic that led to the death of different species of starfish from 2013 to today because of the Starfish deterioration syndrome (Sea Star Wasting Syndrome – SSWS). This is what ...

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Who is the tiger mosquito: how to recognize it, who stings and how dangerous his puncture is

Behind the common name of Tiger mosquito the scientific name is hidden Aedes Albopictusone of the most mosquito species invasive And adaptable in the world.It is an insect of Asian origin easily recognizable for the Black body with white streaks. Females point mainly during the day to feed on blood, necessary for the maturation of the eggs. He has adapted ...

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How much electricity really consumes artificial intelligence: the EIA and EMIT estimates

Chatbots and virtual assistants, mathematical calculations resolved in a short time and images generated within a few seconds: theartificial intelligence (AI) has now become part of our daily lives. Precisely for this, it is spontaneous to ask: but What consumes really the AI? Know with certainty The real consumption of artificial intelligence is rather difficult: The tech giants are not ...