Ecology

Margareth Hamilton. Credit: NASA.

Margaret Hamilton and the software that helped to bring the man to the moon

Margaret Hamilton. Credit: NASA. When it comes to the landing on the moonthe collective imagination immediately runs to Neil Armstrong And to his famous “small step for a man, but a great leap for humanity”. But behind that goal there is much more than the heroism of the astronauts involved in the Alonunaggio: there is also the silent but decisive ...

Attentato a Hitler copertina (credits Bundesarchiv)

The attack on Hitler of 20 July 1944: the failure of the plan that would end the war

Credits: Bundesarchiv The most famous attack to Hitler It was that of July 20, 1944known as Valchiria operation and organized by a group of conspirators of conservative political ideology, intending to overturn Nazism and to put an end to the Second World War, which began in 1939. Lieutenant Colonel that day Claus von stuffenberg He placed a bomb at the ...

tour de france

The physics of the fans in cycling: how team strategies work to fight the lateral wind

If you are passionate about cycling or if, doing zappingyou came across a stage of the Tour de France 2025 You may have heard of fans – echelon in English and borders in French. In this sport that tests the physique and mind of the athletes, sometimes the biggest challenge are not the very steep climbs but an invisible enemy ...

fondi d'investimento

What are the common funds of investment and how they work

THE mutual funds They are like containers that collect multiple financial instruments within them (actions, bonds, government bonds, etc.) in various combinations, where people bring together their money and then invest them. Are managed by specific companies, calls Savings management company (Ash). The operation is simple: a investor acquires shares of a common fund, together with other investors. The value ...

Immagine

Why are the bricks used in the buildings often perforated?

THE perforated bricks They are among the most used in construction. Among the main advantages of this type of brick, it certainly stands out lightness which facilitates its transport and installation of full bricks. To this, is added ahigh versatility which makes them suitable for multiple uses, thanks also to their conformation and the ease with which they can be ...

gesti italiani

Why do Italians manage so much? How our gestures are perceived by foreigners

There Italian gestures It is often the subject of curiosity and has given life to the attribution of stereotypies by foreigners, for example, the frequent use of the hands during the conversations is known, interpreted as a sign of passion and expressiveness. However, as well as non -verbal communication is an essential component of human interaction, the meaning linked to ...

palazzo della Civiltà Italiana

The art of the Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana in Rome: the meaning of the writing, materials and statues

The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, Credits: Alberti1492, CC By –a 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Palazzo della Civiltà Italianaalso known as “Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro” and nicknamed “Square Colosseum”, is a monumental building in Rome conceived in 1936inaugurated in 1940 and completed in 1953symbol of the EUR neighborhood. It is a very particular building, an example of the most ...

Immagine

The geological analysis of the 1991 eruption of the Pinaturbo, the second most violent of the twentieth century

The eruption of 1991 of Monte Pinatuboa stratovulcan located in the Luzon region in the Philippinesis considered the second largest in the twentieth centurysecond only to that of Mount Novarupta (Alaska) of 1912. The Plinian erupting event began on June 15, 1991 and generated a high eruptive column 35 km. The ashes covered an over surface 7,500 km²transported by the ...

fototipo e abbronzatura

Why do some tan more than others? What is the phototype and how to recognize it

Some people tan quickly, others are unpcribed with ease. These differences are codified in the genes and are cataloged in a “PHOTOTIPO CUTANO “a classification of the skin in low to its reaction to exposure to the sun. Based on the classification of Fizpatrick, there are 6 phototypes, from the “clearer” (phototype I) to the most “dark” (photo -psycho VI). ...