Ecology

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The history of Pirellino: the redevelopment project of the Pirelli 39 Tower in Milan

Known today as Pirellino or Torre Pirelli 39the ex Torre of municipal technical services It is a 90 -meter and 26 floors skyscraper located in the Centro Direzionale di Milano in via Giovanni Battista Pirelli 39, built in the 1960s. Over time, the building has received several design proposals that have traced its path to an architectural and functional redevelopment ...

Terremoto al largo della penisola di Kamchatka.

Earthquake shocks in Russia, off the Kamchatka, the strongest of M7.4: Tsunami alert returned

Earthquake off the Kamchatka peninsula. Five strong earthquake shocks were recorded off the coast of Kamchatka, Russia, of which the strongest of magnitude 7.4. As confirmed by the Ingv, the seismic swarm was detected yesterday 20 July among the 18:28 and the 19:22 (local hours, between 08:28 and 09:22 in Italy): the epicenter was located in the Pacific Ocean, about ...

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What are the “Fate fireplaces” in Cappadocia, as they have trained and why they are called that

“Fate” Campeadocia (Türkiye) fireplaces. THE Fate fireplacesin Turkish Peri Bacalarıthere are great rock formations with a tapered shape: they can have the shape of a fireplace, mushroom or conical. They are located on the plateau of the Anatolian peninsula and are the result of the eruption of volcanoes now extinct Erciyes and Hasan Which, between 30 and 10 million years ...

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The paradox of the sleeping beauty: the mental experiment

The paradox of sleeping beauty is a dilemma that questioned our certainties on Calculation of probability. Let’s imagine this situation: the beauty falls asleep on Sunday and is woken up on Monday or Tuesday based on the launch of a coin – if it comes out it will be woken up on Monday, if Tuesday comes out on Tuesday. Upon ...

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Why is Friuli-Venezia Giulia called if there is no Venice?

The flag of the Friuli -Venezia Giulia region, via Wikicommons Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a region of north-eastto be precise, is the most east region among all those of the North, and borders on Slovenia, Austria And Veneto. It is called “Venezia Giulia” for a historical and linguistic origin linked to the Roman era: in fact “Venice” recalls the ancient Roman ...

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The grammar of football: what are the 7 fundamental technical gestures

Any action that takes place with the ball in a football match can be traced back to 7 fundamental technical gestures: kick the ball, receive the ball, drive or conduct the ball, contrast, header, lateral and goalkeeper’s lateral and technique. All players unconsciously know the alphabet with which the language of football is written, or the set of movements that ...

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The year without summer began from a volcanic eruption: what happened in 1816 and the consequences

Summer temperature anomaly of 1816 (° C) compared to the average of the climate of the period 1971–2000; Via Wikimedia Commons THE’eruption of the Tambora volcanoin Indonesia, rendered 1816 a “year without summer” because of the large quantities of particulates released into the atmosphere, which absorbed the sunlight thus continuing the cold even in the summer months, in particular in ...

Il Castello di Neuschwanstein in Germania.

The Castle of Neuschwanstein, the history of the Ludovico II fairytale refuge of Bavaria

Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The Neuschwanstein Castlelocated at the foot of the Bavarian Alpsin Germany, is one of the most iconic and suggestive buildings in the world, known for his fairytale structure. Built between 1869 and 1886 at the behest of King Ludovico II of Bavaria, he reflects the love of the monarch for medieval legends and the works of ...