Ecology

Why Sardinian is an official language and not a dialect: its origin from Latin and written use

Why Sardinian is an official language and not a dialect: its origin from Latin and written use

There Sardinian language it is mistakenly called dialect, a generally incorrect categorization, not dictated by linguistic reasons but by political and cultural issues. Sardinian is one independent language because it has its own grammara lexicon of distinct origin, an autonomous historical evolutionwhich does not derive from Italian but directly from Latin, and one written tradition. It is mainly divided into ...

Bees and the Earth's magnetic field: the discovery of the possible internal compass in 74 species

Bees and the Earth’s magnetic field: the discovery of the possible internal compass in 74 species

The bees could orient themselves thanks to a real “biological compass” internal, based on tiny particles capable of perceiving the Earth’s magnetic field. This is suggested by a recent study published in Science Advanceswhich adds a vital piece to a story that has fascinated scientists for decades. The discovery, which occurred on 74 of the 96 bee species analyzed, could ...

WhatsApp updates groups with 3 new features: how to use @tutti tags, anonymous polls and parallel chats

WhatsApp updates groups with 3 new features: how to use @tutti tags, anonymous polls and parallel chats

WhatsApp announced numerous new features designed for improve the group chat experience. Whether it is the chat with work colleagues, the one with soccer friends or, again, the “classic” family chat, the new functions announced by the platform developed by Meta will be able to make communications simpler and more immediate. In this case, WhatsApp has introduced the possibility to ...

Why you need a license to drive and when it was born: it's a question of safety

Why you need a license to drive and when it was born: it’s a question of safety

The license is needed for safety reasons The license is used for security reasons And traffic regulation: it is necessary that anyone who drives a motor vehicle is able to control it and knows the rules of road traffic. The first “licensees” were introduced at the dawn of the history of the automobile, in the 1880sbut precise regulations were only ...

China has a plan to deflect Earth-threatening asteroids using nuclear bombs

China has a plan to deflect Earth-threatening asteroids using nuclear bombs

Artistic rendering representing a possible probe approaching an asteroid that is about to hit the Earth. Image generated with AI (Gemini). In a recent study carried out by researchers from the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology of Beijing the proposed solution is to use a device nuclearcausing it to detonate beneath the surface of the asteroid. Such an explosion ...

The highest cable-stayed bridge is in France: the Millau Viaduct measures 343m and surpasses the Eiffel Tower

The highest cable-stayed bridge is in France: the Millau Viaduct measures 343m and surpasses the Eiffel Tower

In the south of France, in the region ofOccitania (department of Aveyron), the Millau Viaduct (Viaduc de Millau) represents one of the highest points of contemporary structural engineering. Designed and created by the French structural engineer Michael Virlogeux and by the English architect Foster, the work crosses the Tarn river valley ensuring the continuity of the A75 motorway (La Méridienne) ...

The solar eclipse in art, 7 works on the astronomical event: from Grosz to the historic photo by Berkowski

The solar eclipse in art, 7 works on the astronomical event: from Grosz to the historic photo by Berkowski

Antoine Caron, Dionysus the Aeropagite Converts the Pagan Philosophers, 1570–1580, Getty Museum. Public Domain (detail) When the Sun, Earth and Moon are perfectly aligned, the Moon projects a cone of shadow on the Earth’s surface, obscuring the Sun: this is what happens asolar eclipse, a rather rare astronomical and optical phenomenon. After 27 years of absence, and for only the ...

In human DNA there is 1.1% of "ghost" ancestors from over 50 thousand years ago: the study that reveals it

In human DNA there is 1.1% of “ghost” ancestors from over 50 thousand years ago: the study that reveals it

In the DNA of the people living today there are small fragments left inherited from ancient human groups of which we do not possess any genome. It’s about populations still without a precise identitythat’s why researchers call them “ghost”. A study published in Science identified these traces in all modern populations analyzed. An unknown first human lineage would have left ...

New eruption of Etna with lava fountains and ash cloud, temporary stop to flights to Catania

New eruption of Etna with lava fountains and ash cloud, temporary stop to flights to Catania

During the afternoon of yesterday, August 6, theEtna has resumed lively eruptive activity. As confirmed by the latest bulletin issued by INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology), the event was characterized by a strong phase explosive and from the formation of impressive lava fountainshave reached their peak of intensity between 11pm yesterday and 2am this morning. The phenomena were ...