The New York Metro flooded due to torrential rains. Credit: Sophia Jenkins, via X. The city of New York was struck by storms they caused intense storms (beyond 180 mm of falling rain) which caused numerous floods in the subway and in the main roads of the metropolis. Between 18:51 and 19:51 on Monday 14 July (local time, 00:51 in ...
Artistic representation of the passage of the Parker Solar Probe probe through the sun crown. Credits: NASA. The probe Parker Solar Probe Della NASA made on December 24, 2024 the more close images of always the sun, passing through the solar crown at a distance of only 6.1 million km from the surface of our star. The images and data ...
A specimen of violin spider The violin spider He returned to the center of media attention after a 4 -year -old boy was operated on for a necrosis probably caused by the bite of this Arachnid. Despite general alarmism, there is nothing to worry about: the poison of the violin spider it is not mortal for human being and are ...
Scientists from the Observatories Network Ligo-Virgo-Karga they detected the “gravitational echo” of fusion of more colossal black holes ever recorded. This record event, called GW231123has been observed indirectly through gravitational waves-ripples in the fabric of space-time-produced by the collision of a black hole of 140 solar masses and one 100 solar masseswhose fusion produced a single black hole of 225 ...
Strong earthquake of M5.5 in the Philippines. A strong earthquake Of magnitude 5.5 It was recorded today July 15 on theLuzon islandin Philippinesat 10:38 rooms (04:38 in Italy). As also confirmed by the Ingv, the epicenter was detected 2 km To the south-east of Sarrat, in the province of Ilocos Norte (in the north-west of the archipelago), while the depth ...
After the 1789 revolution, a new calendar and a new way of Divide the day. The calendar, officially adopted on October 24, 1793, divided the year into twelve months of thirty daysto which 5 were added which were not part of any month. The year began the first day of the month of harvestwhich for us is September 22nd. The ...
Illustration of the illusion of Coffer; Credits: Antony Norcia. Some recent studies on Optical illusions They show us that, far from being just a perceptual game, they are the result of our perception of realitya complex perception, which involves brain and culture, body and society. While neuroscience reveals Mental architectures who shape our visual experience, sociology and anthropology remind us ...
Net of obvious and known differences such as Daltonism, all of them do we see the colors in the same way? A recent study released on Iscience, entitled Is My “Red” Your “Red”? Try to answer this question and make it measurable: when we say red, in our minds the same image for everyone is formed more or less? Obviously ...
Japanese immortalized in the act of greeting himself bowing; Credits: Maya – Aïs Yataghène via Wikimedia Commons In the heart of Japanese culture, bow (ojigi) is a symbol that goes well beyond the gesture itself: it tells a civilization. It is an act that embodies respect, humility and a profound awareness of social dynamics, important in this land; It is ...
Domus de Janas in Sardinia. The Domus de Janasin Sardinian language “Fairy Houses“, They have become a UNESCO World Heritage Site. These buildings of Sardinia are hypogean tombs carved into the rock dating back to the Neolithic, therefore much older than the well -known Nuraghi. With this resolution of 12 July, the World Heritage Committee, during the Paris session, reconfirms ...