Ecology

IT-Wallet on the IO app, digital documents for the Public Administration arrive: what changes

IT-Wallet on the IO app, digital documents for the Public Administration arrive: what changes

Credits: PagoPA. With the publication in the Official Journal of the decree of 19 March 2026, which took place last 3 August, of two implementing decrees which concern IT-Walletthe system effectively enters a new important operational phase in which bureaucracy will be streamlined and documents will be easily available. In addition to allowing the conservation of the current (few) documents, ...

A new metal alloy was discovered in Hiroshima: it was formed in the atomic explosion

A new metal alloy was discovered in Hiroshima: it was formed in the atomic explosion

The August 6, 1945 the United States dropped out Hiroshima the first atomic device in history used in a conflict. Among the tragic consequences of that day, which we all know, there is one that we discovered only a few months ago: the explosion gave life, for an instant, to a material which had never existed on Earth. A phase ...

Unknown fossil toad, lived between 45,000 and 11,000 years ago, emerged from the La Brea tar pits

Unknown fossil toad, lived between 45,000 and 11,000 years ago, emerged from the La Brea tar pits

Paleoartistic representation of the La Brea pool ecosystem in the late Pleistocene, with Spea labreae in the foreground, center and right, compared to other amphibian species in the area. Credit: Arturo Dávalos. A new extinct species of spade toadbelonging to the family of Scaphiopodidaewas identified thanks to the analysis of hundreds of fossil remains found in California. The discovery, published ...

13cm megalodon fossil teeth discovered in the depths of the Cook Islands during a NOAA expedition

13cm megalodon fossil teeth discovered in the depths of the Cook Islands during a NOAA expedition

The teeth in the polymetallic nodules found by NOAA. Credit: NOAA During an expedition with ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicle) in the very deep waters of Cook Islandsin the South Pacific, scientists from NOAA (the US body that deals with oceans and atmosphere) have recovered huge fossil shark teethmost likely belonging to megalodon (Otodus megalodon), blackened by a crust of iron ...

Inside an Amazon distribution center: all the technology behind the delivery of a package

Inside an Amazon distribution center: all the technology behind the delivery of a package

It has happened to many of us: we place an order on Amazon and the package arrives for delivery within a few hours or a few days. Behind these timing there is a logistics that combines the work of hundreds of people with a high level of proprietary technologies And optimized warehouses. In fact, forget the traditional idea of ​​a ...

The most difficult language in the European Union is Hungarian: Finno-Ugric language spoken by 14 million

The most difficult language in the European Union is Hungarian: Finno-Ugric language spoken by 14 million

Credits: Lynx1211, CC BY–SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. THE’Hungarian it’s a language Finno-Ugric – part of the family of Uralic languagesthe same one that includes Estonian and Finnish – spoken by 9.8 million people in Europe and around 14 million worldwide. It is the official language of Hungarian People’s Republic. In the debate regarding which are the most difficult languages ...

AI enters children's lives, from intelligent stuffed animals to personalized fairy tales: risks and opportunities

AI enters children’s lives, from intelligent stuffed animals to personalized fairy tales: risks and opportunities

Image generated for illustrative purposes only with AI. THE’artificial intelligence It’s making its way into children’s bedrooms, but it doesn’t always look like a computer. It can hide inside an electronic animal, give voice to a small robot, invent a personalized story or transform itself into a digital tutor for studying. His presence in playing, reading and learning for the ...