Ecology

What is the difference between hypocenter and epicenter of an earthquake?

How many times have we happened to hear about hypocenter and epicenter Shortly after an earthquake? Italy is a region with a high seismic risk and often happens that the news of a new earthquake will become part of the insights of the national news. So, you will surely have come across the terms hypocenter and epicenter And you will ...

Animali domestici e sistema immunitario

Growing with a pet could strengthen the immune system: children’s studies

Did you want a kitten or a little dog and your parents did not allow you? You may have a weaker immune system. Many research say that growing with dogcats, rabbits, parrots and other pets at home could “train” the immune system. Among the benefits of having a hairy friend alongside, there would be to make us stronger towards infections ...

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How is air traffic managed in Italy? What do control towers do and the ACC

Have you ever wondered how planes do always know where to go? Merit of the controllers, who monitor the planes during all the flight phases. To better understand the various aspects of air traffic management, we imagine following the flight of an airplane, the GP2025, traveling from Milan Linate to Perugia airport. The control tower Of Linate and the procedures ...

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What are the effects on the body of the prolonged permanence in space

Credits: NSF -Nasaspaceflight via X. The effects of a long stay in space is a theme on which it recently rekindled after the return to the earth of astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore After more than 9 months in the International Space Station, in the face of the only 8 days expected initially. In fact, the images of the ...

cielo giallo italia sabbia sahara

Sahara sand could rain on Italy, thanks to the cyclone Martinho: the forecasts

Credits: Xicotencatl, CC By -SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Desert sand of the Sahara coming to Italy, which could also “rain” on the ground due to the two strong disturbances provided for the weekend originating from Cyclone Martinho which is currently hit Spain. According to the weather forecast of the University of Athens, the Saharan Pulviscolo will begin to pass ...

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Saturn’s rings are about to disappear, what happens and why we will not be able to see it

Credit: Celestia The Rings of Saturnamong the most iconic objects of the Solar System, the next 23 March 2025 they will become invisible from the earth. However, it is a temporary eventthat each takes place 13.7 And 15.7 yearssimply due toinclination of the rings of the planet that will appear cutting from our perspective. Saturn, like the earth, has theinclined ...

heathrow incendio

Fire near Heathrow airport, Blackout in London and 1351 canceled flights: what we know

Today, Friday 21 March 2025, the airport of Heathrow In London it will remain closed until 11:59 pm (00:59 Italian) due to a blackout due to a vast fire developed in the night at North Hyde electrical substation In Hayes, about 2 km from the London airport, whose causes are still unknown and which has left 16,000 buildings and 67,000 ...