The October 25th we celebrate the World Pasta Daya food loved all over the world, and for some time it has been discussed whether this specialty, today associated with our culture and the Mediterranean diet, was invented in Italy or in Asia. From the sources at our disposal, we know that pasta was born in China at least 4,000 years ...
The Pinarello Bolide F HR 3D allowed Filippo Ganna to set the new Hour record. Credit: CICLI PINARELLO SRL In 2022, Filippo Ganna wrote a new page of “Hour record” in Grenchen, Switzerland, cycling for 56,792 kilometers in sixty minutes exactly. It’s one of cycling’s purest and most raw tests: an hour of covering as much ground as possible, alone, ...
Artist’s impression of the exoplanet GJ 251 c. Credit: University of California Irvine An exoplanet candidate with at least 4 times the mass of the Earthprobably rocky like ours, potentially capable of hosting liquid water on its surface and – so as not to miss anything – very close to the Solar System in astronomical terms (“just” 18 light years): ...
“Monster of Florence” is the nickname used by newspapers to refer to the author of eight (or seven, according to another hypothesis) double murders which occurred near the Tuscan capital between 1968 and 1985. The victims were couples who had secluded themselves in the car to have sexual intercourse (only in one case were they in a tent) or people ...
The Mexico City Formula 1 circuit. Credit @F1 via “X” The Mexico City circuitbetter known as “Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez”is the highest track in the entire Formula 1 World Championship with well 2238 meters above sea level. A peculiarity which is no small feat and which brings with it many problems, especially for the mechanical components of the single-seaters. The rarefaction ...
In the night between Saturday 25 October And Sunday 26 October 2025 come back againsolar time in Italy: at 03:00 in the morning the hands will move backwards of 60 minutes, giving us an extra hour of sleep and catching up with the arrival of summer time last March. This alternation will bring forward both sunrise and sunset by an ...
Every winter the expression punctually returns: “It’s freezing cold“. The expression does not arise from legends or historical episodes, but from the role that the word dog has had for centuries in Italian: a strengthener with a negative flavorthe same as “dog’s life” or “dog’s life”. Over time, popular explanations have been woven around this saying – dogs left out ...
At this time of year, autumn, the Asian stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), completely harmless to humans and domestic animals, can create quite a few nuisances and inconveniences in our homes: adults nest in warm, sunny places, seeking shelter in homes to spend the winter and if disturbed they let themselves fall to the ground, pretending to be dead or, in ...
Have you ever wondered where everything we throw down the toilet ends up after flushing? Every day, millions of liters of waste water – which includes not only feces and urine, but also water from the sink, shower and household appliances – leave our homes and arrive in a place that is fundamental for the environment: the purifier. As you ...
In the heart of Oxfordshire, Tokamak Energy is carrying out Research&Development within the scope of nuclear fusion. He recently published an article on his site that includes a video which portrays the plasma and its various colors. Let’s see together why this video is interesting and what impact it can have for research and the future of fusion in the ...