Ecology

Earthquake in Peru of magnitude 7.2: epicenter 35 km north of Coracora, excluding tsunami danger

Earthquake in Peru of magnitude 7.2: epicenter 35 km north of Coracora, excluding tsunami danger

An earthquake has hit the Ayacucho region, in the south of Peru. The earthquake occurred on Thursday 20 August at 1pm local time (8pm Italian time), with the epicenter located at 35 kilometers north of Coracora, province of Parinacochas, and epicenter located at a depth of 108 kilometers. The magnitude initially recorded and reported by the Geophysical Institute of Peru ...

Gravi incendi boschivi in Grecia

Fires burn 585 thousand hectares in Europe: the study on infrasound to prevent forest fires

One of the active fires in Europe imaged by Sentinel–2 satellites. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel–2 imagery According to the EFFIS findings, the monitoring system of the European Copernicus program, among 1 January and 19 August 2026 the flames have devoured 585,531 hectares of territoryand well 78,522 of these they only went up in smoke in last seven days. The ...

Why fake news is so credible: the mechanisms of disinformation

Why fake news is so credible: the mechanisms of disinformation

The fake news, that is, fake news, is considered one of the global threats most dangerous according to the polls of Global Risks Report 2025 of the World Economic Forum. Indeed, misinformation has always existed. In fact, they are different mechanisms of ours brain which lead us to indulge in fake news. The era of social media, however, has made ...

A 76km2 iceberg broke away from the Petermann glacier in Greenland: it is as big as San Marino

A 76km2 iceberg broke away from the Petermann glacier in Greenland: it is as big as San Marino

An image of the Petermann Glacier, Greenland. Credit: Adam Garbo A’ice island bigger than San Marino she broke away from Petermann Glacierin Greenland, becoming the most great detachment event of icebergs in the Arctic since 2020. Detected by satellites thanks to a team from the University of Ottawa, the new tabular iceberg extends over a surface area of ​​76.4 km², ...

At the supermarket the fastest queue is always the one where we are not

At the supermarket the fastest queue is always the one where we are not

When we are in queue at the supermarket generally we tend to choose the shortest queue, however, it often seems to us that the other queues, the longer ones, proceed faster. But is it really like that? Not always, but it is no coincidence that we have this feeling so often: it has in fact been demonstrated that, having to ...

“Zombie” credit cards that can be used after expiry: the study and possible risks

“Zombie” credit cards that can be used after expiry: the study and possible risks

A study conducted by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and presented at the USENIX Security 2026 conference has revealed a fact that is in some ways disturbing. According to the study, even the old expired cards can potentially be reused to perform fraudulent payments. It is no coincidence that researchers have defined them “zombie” credit cards: even after ...

ChatGPT Ads. Credits: OpenAI.

Advertising on OpenAI’s ChatGPT also arrives in Italy for the free version: how to deactivate it

ChatGPT Ads. Credits: OpenAI. Starting next week, ChatGPT will also show advertisements in Europe. OpenAI announced the extension of ChatGPT Ads in 31 European markets: the 27 countries of the European Union (including Italy obviously) plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. The debut is scheduled for next week, so the arrival of the adverts in the famous OpenAI chatbot is ...

How to prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes at home?

How to prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes at home?

The nightmare of mosquitoes is now constant given that they frequent our homes for many months and proliferate everywhere, favored by climate change and resistence that are developing against insecticides, making them less effective. The best strategy to implement is the combination of multiple methods which, as a whole, manage to mitigate the proliferation of these annoying insects, controlling them ...