The riddle of the 10 apple crates. We find ourselves in this situation: we are farmers and we have 10 apple boxes ready to be loaded onto a truck headed to the market. 9 of these boxes contain apples that weigh 150 grams one o’clock, while 1 sola contains apples from 200 grams. To distinguish the box with the different ...
Football is the most loved, followed and discussed sport ever on a global level. Suffice it to say that the most significant events, such as the final of Champions League or that of the World Cupare among the most viewed and followed ever. According to FIFA, in fact, approximately 5 billion of people consistently followed the previous World Cup in ...
Try to explain to those who are learning Italian why the book in the plural it becomes the books, the table becomes the tables, but the egg does not become the eggs. Eggin fact, is the masculine singular form, while egg is the feminine plural. Still, the arm And the arms, the knee And the kneesand a fortified city it ...
The Fellaria glacier, in Val Malenco, in the province of Sondrio. THE’INGV (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) has started the new one iCEALP research project (ice-Climate-solid Earth coupling driving ALPine uplift), which aims to understand and quantify the impact of climate change (between melting glaciers, drought and extreme hydrogeological events) on earth’s crustparticularly on Alps. The variation in the ...
The KGM1 project to produce high-altitude wind energy. Credit: KGM1 KGM1 is an Italian Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) project in the sector of high-altitude wind energywhich points to produce electricity using a wing similar to those from kitesurfingconnected to earth by three cables and capable of transforming its traction into mechanical movement for a generator. In this way, instead of ...
The Stoosbahn is the steepest funicular in the world still in operation. There Stoosbahnin the Canton of Schwyz, Switzerland, is the steepest funicular in the world Still in operation, designed to connect Schwyz to the mountain village of Stoos. The funicular covers a total length of 1,740 meterswith a height difference of 744 metresreaching a maximum slope of 110%. The ...
Volcanic ash from Mount Bromo during the last eruption in 2010. Large volcanic eruptions release enormous quantities of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter into the atmosphere that reflect sunlight back into space: this is why they can temporarily cool the Earth. THE’Holocenethe geological era in which we live and which has accompanied the development of human civilizations, is characterized by ...
Bedouin in the Sahara desert. Credits: Marco Arc. Every summer, when temperatures reach record levels and heat waves are becoming more and more frequenta question emerges that interests both science and social sciences: do all humans perceive heat in the same way? At first glance it might seem so, but the reality is much more complex. The ability to support ...
It was released in Chinese cinemas at the beginning of August an animated film Chinese, distributed for now in mainland China, which in a few weeks has become a viral phenomenon and a case of worship for the public thanks to its rudimentary aesthetics, easily definable by many as ugliness: it’s called “Niu Lai” (牛来), which can be translated into ...
You come home from vacation and the plants are all limp and sad. First reaction: take the watering can. WRONG! The reason why plants wilt is related to a lack of water, but not always as you think. THE’withering it depends on a delicate balance between the water that the plant absorbs from the roots and that which is lost: ...