Protests during the 2011 Arab spring; Credits: Paulinabial, CC By -SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The term “Arab spring” It is a definition that includes all those revolutionary insurrections that have affected the so -called intensity with different degrees of intensity “Arab world”, since 2011. Although in some cases these protests have been simple acts of civil disobediencein others they ...
New Orleans flooded after the passage of Hurricane Katrina. THE’hurricane katrinawho hit Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama in late August 2005, was themore destructive hurricane ever recorded And the most expensive natural disaster in the history of the United States. Even if it has not been the most violent ever observed (the primacy goes to the 1980 Eragano Allen) nor ...
If you close your eyes and think of a game of basketball most likely among the first sounds that come to mind, together with the sound of the ball that bounces and “Swish “ of the retina, there is the “squeak ” of the shoes that make friction on the lucid floor in parquet. But have you ever wondered why ...
Credits: Syrio, CC By -SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The blasphemy It is a unique case in linguistic geography, an all -Italian case. It is not just a dirty word: it is a very powerful verbal gesture, capable of breaking the rules of coexistence, of scandalizing, of making people laugh, to infuriate. Nevertheless, Out of Italy, almost no one blasphemes ...
Credit: Foster + Partners With his 308.5 m in height, 85 floors plus five other underground, the One Bloor West aims to become, in the near future, the highest skyscraper of Canada. This giant is currently under construction in Toronto and will exceed the First Canadian Place, which has held the title since 1975. One of the most interesting aspects ...
Strange wrinkles, protruding flaps and complex cartilage structures: the Facce of night bats They are at least bizarre and have contributed to the reputation of “monstrosity” they have in the eyes of many people. However, this apparent strangeness, like many in the natural world, would have an evolutionary motivation: several studies have in fact theorized that these complex faces would ...
Get ready to look up to the sky September 7, 2025when – weather permitting – we can admire theTotal lunar eclipse That will dye red Our satellite. Unlike that of last March, this total lunar eclipse will also be clearly visible from Italy, even if not all of Italy will be able to admire the totality throughout its duration. However, ...
Robot that run in the finals of 100 meters. Credit: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images. The spotlight of the National Speed Skating Oval of Beijing, China, have focused on more than 500 humanoid robots. From the 14 to 17 August Last the Arena, built for the 2022 Winter Olympics and capable of hosting up to 12,000 people, turned into the theater of ...
The rainfall arriving on Italy scheduled for today, Thursday 28 August.Credit: ECMWF The bad weather He returns to hit Italy, just three days after the storm that hit Romagna. Particularly impressed so far has been the Alto Piedmont, with a precipitation of 130 millimeters in the province of Verbania. Many titles that are reading in these hours speak of “Hurricane ...
From 21 August the Israeli authorities have started occupy the entire strip of Gaza: But what does occupation mean? In the practical act, employment would mean passing from lighter to direct control of the territory. The purposes declared by Israel refer to the desire to defeat Hamas, but since the Jewish state has never made a secret of wanting to ...