After the 1789 revolution, a new calendar and a new way of Divide the day. The calendar, officially adopted on October 24, 1793, divided the year into twelve months of thirty daysto which 5 were added which were not part of any month. The year began the first day of the month of harvestwhich for us is September 22nd. The ...
Illustration of the illusion of Coffer; Credits: Antony Norcia. Some recent studies on Optical illusions They show us that, far from being just a perceptual game, they are the result of our perception of realitya complex perception, which involves brain and culture, body and society. While neuroscience reveals Mental architectures who shape our visual experience, sociology and anthropology remind us ...
Net of obvious and known differences such as Daltonism, all of them do we see the colors in the same way? A recent study released on Iscience, entitled Is My “Red” Your “Red”? Try to answer this question and make it measurable: when we say red, in our minds the same image for everyone is formed more or less? Obviously ...
Japanese immortalized in the act of greeting himself bowing; Credits: Maya – Aïs Yataghène via Wikimedia Commons In the heart of Japanese culture, bow (ojigi) is a symbol that goes well beyond the gesture itself: it tells a civilization. It is an act that embodies respect, humility and a profound awareness of social dynamics, important in this land; It is ...
Domus de Janas in Sardinia. The Domus de Janasin Sardinian language “Fairy Houses“, They have become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These buildings of Sardinia are hypogean tombs carved into the rock dating back to the Neolithic, therefore much older than the well -known Nuraghi. With this resolution of 12 July, the World Heritage Committee, during the Paris session, reconfirms ...
The guillotine is a car to perform death sentences, consisting of a blade that, falling along an obligatory route between two uprights, cut the head of the condemned. Invented in France in the eighteenth century, it was officially adopted after the beginning of the French Revolution on the proposal of the deputy Joseph-Ignace Guillotinto which the name owes. Guillotin is ...
For the first time in the career, Jannik Sinner conquer the tournament of Wimbledon 2025 by beating the Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz With the score of 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4, at the end of a match that lasted just over 3 hours. It is a result that brings Sinner into history, becoming the first Italian ever to raise the prestigious trophy ...
Are you terrified by the Calabrian? You could avoid them dressing up with white or green: At least so suggests a study conducted by researchers from the University of Lódz in Poland. The compound eye of the hornet (Vespa Crabro) is able to distinguish shapes and colors And the research conducted by the Polish University shows that the degree of ...
1237 days have passed since the beginning of the War between Russia and Ukraineyet a perspective of peace seems more and more distant. In fact, the conflict underwent a new escalation: in the night between 13 and 14 July, 136 Russian drones hit at least 10 Ukrainian locations, after the largest had already been launched last week air attack against ...
Air India plane disaster. Credit: Prime Minister’s Office (Godl -India), Godl -India, via Wikimedia Commons The public was made Preliminary report of the Air India flight disaster, in which a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crashed on June 12 immediately after taking off from Ahmedabad airport, causing 260 victims and 68 injured. The report summarizes in 15 pages the results of the ...