Have you ever noticed that when you fold a slice of pizza, the tip does not go down practically never downwards, while it almost always does it if you don’t fold the slice? The reason does not lie in some physical consideration but is an example of a mathematical result linked to the curvature of surfaces: we are talking about ...
“The attack wins the games, the defense the championships“It is a phrase attributed to the historic coach Sir. Alex Fergusonin office at Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. The most winning coach in the history of football with his 49 titles won He was convinced that defending his door from opposing attacks was more important than scoring a goal. Curious ...
When we talk about geography, the definitions do not always coincide: often a concept changes according to the point of view. This is the case of two expressions that we use almost as synonyms: Southern America and Latin America. Do they really indicate the same reality? Not exactly. The first is a purely geographical classification: The vast triangle that drops ...
A specimen of ligre, the hybrid animal born from the intersection between lion and tiger. A hybrid animal It is an organism born fromcross between two different species. When two species are evolutionary close and have not yet developed reproductive barriers (as differences in the sexual organs, genetic incompatibility or diversified coupling rituals), the intersection is still possible and can ...
Imposing and solemn, the great doors of the past were not only functional access, but symbols of Power, protection and prestige. From the buildings to the basilicas, to the city walls, their grandeur served to impress, defend and facilitate the passage of wagons and soldiers, as well as guaranteeing light and air to internal environments. By monumental Bulland Darwaza in ...
According to the data provided by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, in 2024 40% of Italian candidates were rejected to the theoretical driving license exam. Ten years ago, in 2014, the same percentage was around 30%. This significant increase in the number of rejected tells of young people (and less young) increasingly challenged by the rules of the road, ...
There Vuelta in Españaoften indicated simply as La Vueltais a cycling stages race, the last of the great laps by birth and location in the calendar after the Giro d’Italia and the Tour de France. It is played in Spain every year between the month of August and that of September within three weeks, with a milestone of the last ...
A recovery from the top of the Colosseum. The Seven wonders of the modern worldhave been selected through an international competition promoted by the Swiss company New Open World Corporation (Nowc), The initiative is not officially recognized by UNESCO. During the Sydney Olympics From 2000, the French writer and journalist Bernard Werber launched an online referendum to elect the “new ...
Energy accumulation system through CO2 made by the Italian Energy Dome. Credit: Energy Dome A CO battery2 It is technically defined as long -lasting energy accumulation (Long Duration Energy StorageLDDES) in which thecarbon dioxide to a thermodynamic cycle in which the CO2 He liquefies during the office and returns gaseous in the discharge phase. Like other types of accumulations, these ...
The historical headquarters of the Leoncavallo social center. Credit: Leoncavallo.org In Milan the Leoncavallo: it is one of the most important and historical social centers of the Lombard capital, which has become a place of social and cultural aggregation for different generations of young people. The operation was carried out yesterday morning, Thursday 21 August: the eviction order of the ...