The streets and parks of many Italian cities are invaded these days by “spring snow”, those white puffs that resemble cotton that fly out of control. But what is it? Often confused with “pollens” and called “poplars” or “pioppini”, they actually are pappi and are used to transport with the wind poplar seedsa very widespread plant in the Po Valley. ...
Sabastian Sawe wins the 2026 London Marathon. Credit: via X.com The streets of London were the stage for something many people thought they would never see: a human being running a marathon in less than two hours in official condition. And not just one: two in the same race on Sunday 26 April 2026, with 3 men under the previous ...
When we think about New Zealand what immediately comes to mind is the archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, located on the other side of the globe from Italy. But is there an “Old Zealand” that the colonizers took inspiration from when naming this new territory? Well yes, and this place is found in the Netherlands, Europe: Zealand (Zealand in Dutch) ...
The arrows and yellow curved lines indicate the obvious moiré effect present in the image. By pointing our smartphone camera at the computer or television screen, they will almost inevitably appear strange streaks or waves in the captured image. But why does this happen? For a very specific phenomenon, known as moiré effect. And no, it is not due to ...
In recent days, the news has been circulating on social media and various information sites that today’s high school students have levels of anxiety comparable to those of patients admitted to mental asylums in the 1950s. This statement, however, is incorrect: it derives from an excessive simplification of a study published by the psychologist J.M. Twengea meta-analysis from which it ...
Those who work in Italy today earn, in real terms, less than they did in 1990. It is not a sensation, and it does not depend only on the inflation of recent years. This is data certified by the OECD, confirmed by Istat and reiterated by the Bank of Italy: Italian wages have been stagnant for over thirty yearsin a ...
Generated with AI for illustrative purposes only Just lift a vase or a stone in the garden from the ground and you will see them earth pigs (Armadillidium vulgare) that move disturbed by light. Just touch one with a finger or a stick because yes ball it up to form a small, brownish, shiny marble. This mechanism is called volvation ...
We’ve all asked ourselves that question at least once in front of videos of a slingshot ride: “Ok, what if a cable breaks?” Yes, because you all know it: two people closed in a spherical capsule, shot tens of meters into the air, and almost always that moment, viral on TikTok and Instagram, in which they seem to faint for ...
It is said Friuli or Friuli? Aedile or èdile? Some words generate real doubts unrelated to grammar or spelling. This is the case oftonic accentthat is, the syllable on which the intonation of the voice falls when we pronounce a word. Unlike thegraphic accentwhich in Italian is written only in some cases, the tonic accent is almost always implicit. This ...
TO 40 years from the disaster of Chernobylthe most serious nuclear accident in history never ceases to be talked about. Since the creation of New Safe Confinement to the animal species that have transformed the exclusion zone into an enormous nature reserve, this unique territory in the world is still able to pose challenges and questions four decades later. But ...