Ecology

melody road

In Hungary there are roads playing: what Melody Roads are and how they work

They are called Melody roadsor musical roadsand we can find them a bit in all the continents of the planet. We are talking about road stretches a few hundred meters long which, if you travele in the car, originate one series of vibrations perceptible through the wheels and bodywork of our vehicle: to right speedthese vibrations give life to an ...

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The story of the Sistine Chapel where the conclave and the famous frescoes by Michelangelo will be held

The Sistine Chapel. Credits: Antoine Taverneaux via Wikimedia Commons There Sistine Chapelin the Vatican Museums, was commissioned by Pope Sixtus IV – from which it takes its name – e Decorated by Michelangelo On behalf of Julius II. Famous for the vault and the Universal judgmenthosts Conclavi and Papal Ceremonies. Today that the Vatican therefore prepares for conclaveafter the funeral ...

concerto primo maggio

The “concert” of May 1st: history of the largest free live music event in Italy

Credit: Maria Grazia Montagnari, CC by 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The May 1st concert It is a musical event that is held every year a Rome since 1990 on the occasion of the workers’ party in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano. Conceived by Maurizio enlightenedthis is the largest live music festival in Europe. In 2000, for the Jubilee, he was ...

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The sky of May 2025: the astronomical events not to be missed, between “microluna” and meteoric swarms

Credits: Stellarium The month of May It will reserve several significant astronomical events for which it is worth turning our nose upwards, including conjunctions of planets and “microluna of flowers”. By exploiting the improvement of the meteorological time brought from approaching the summer, this month we will be able to observe the “shooting stars” of Eta Aquaridi and of Eta ...

blackout spagna

Because the blackout in Spain, Portugal and France has been so quick and extensive: the possible dynamic

Artistic representation of a night blackout in the Iberian peninsula. The Maxi Blackout which hit Spain, Portugal and the south of France paralyzed the air and rail transport for several hours, the Internet and the cellular network. Much of the Iberian peninsula, but also the territories beyond the Pyrenees, remained without electricity in just a few minutes, it would seem ...